you stop the vehicle the horses start getting agitated then we were diverted to a village road such huge vehicles start rocking on uneven tracks and the horses are not used to that kind of torture the parent addedwhile this parent agreed that one has to take into consideration all the safety precautions and get on with it lack of preparation and facilities irritated most who started arriving at the venue from the beginning of this week when you look at the facilities in bengaluru you just drive in over there you want grass feed everything is available all that at a price of course but at least its provided we have come in here and on the second day we are just about getting electricity and all that in the stable for the animals said the parent they efi hadnt even set up a show office at the camp its very difficult for people coming from out of town we had to go all the way to the efi office there was no office in the camp then we have this covid issuecol jaiveer said that there are bound to be challenges in these unprecedented times of a pandemic as most of the industries are facing the need he said was to tide over these challenges put the safety measures in place and play the sportwe have a very comprehensive covid protocol in place which we had issued in june to all the organising centres who organise shows and all the clubs for training and conduct of events said the efi general secretarythe schedule of events we have planned in such a fashion that on the 20th 21st and 22nd of december we will finish with two categories ie children 1 and children 2 in the next three days we will finish the junior division thereafter we will finish the young riders category so everything is well spaced out depending on the number of children qualified to participate so that they dont have to stay in delhi for very long col jaiveer said explaining the layout of the tournamentthe state association member however questioned how effectively the covidsafety measures could be put in place for a large gatheringits okay to issue instructions but how are you going to maintain social distancing in the arena you can ask for a covidnegative certificate but when you move around delhi what is the guarantee that you wont pick up an infection he askedcol jaiveer said the federation will regulate everything to ensure utmost safetythe statutory limitations stipulated by the mha ministry of home affairs and the local administration are in place we are going to regulate all the athletes and their support staff in such a fashion that there are very few people inside the venue said col jaiveer there are no spectators permitted one parent of the child is allowed and of course the groom if there is a coach then the parent is not permitted he addedthe jnec runs from