pune the national rifle association of india nrai has once again announced dates of their national camp to be held for rifle pistol and shotgun squads at dr karni singh shooting range in tughlakabadthe camp for rifle and pistol national squad members will be held from october 5 to november 8 while for shotgun shooters the camp will begin from october 20 the camp is expected to host 100 shooters of the national squads however it is not mandatory for the shooters to attend itthe nrai has sent the proposal to the sports authority of india sai and is expecting to get the approval soonthe campers will be offered accommodation by the nrai however the shooters will be free to stay at their own accommodation we will offer free accommodation to the shooters but if someone is more comfortable in staying at their own arrangement they are free to do so provided they follow the sops and guidelines nrai secretary general rajiv bhatia told toias per bhatia at the time of reporting for the camp the shooters will have to provide a negative covid19 test report not older than 48 hours we will also test the shooters after five days of starting the camp and will keep conducting tests as per our sop bhatia addednobody other than the shooter will be allowed to come to the range no parent no relative or personal coaches will get entry inside the campus bhatia saidalthough the nrai is expecting the shooters will follow the guidelines strictly or they will be barred from attending the camp it is not clear how the federation will track movements of those staying at their own accommodationthis is the second time nrai has announced dates of their camp the first one was scheduled to begin from august 1 but was later cancelled as it was made mandatory for the olympic core group shooters to attend it many tokyoquota holders had objected to the camp considering the coronavirus situation thensince the break of covid19 the national federation has not been able to conduct any training camp or tournament for the shooters especially who are preparing for the tokyo games a lot will be at stake for this camp as the result will decide the fate of future camps trials and national championships at the end of the year