Undeterred by the Corona scare, the civil servants of the country have planned the first ever ‘virtual’ sports competition beginning with carrom next week. The online carrom competition, to be held for both the men and women Government employees, is being organised by the Central Civil Services Cultural and Sports Board on the Facebook Online Platform.

The Government as per the Department of Personnel Training (DoPT) has already implemented work from home COVID rules and is conducting online meetings besides webinars where even Union Ministers have been participants.

In a letter to the Chief Secretaries of the States’ and UTs,  CCSCSB Secretary Kulbhushan Malhotra said the States/UTs and Regional Sports Board are requested to consider sending names of the participants for the Facebook Group CCSCSB Online Carrom Challenge 2020 scheduled from August 10 to August 15.

The circular also says the participants should have AICF-approved Carrom Board, Carrom Men (CM) Set, Lamp Shade, Strikers besides a Facebook profile and all necessary equipments such as mobile, camera and significantly, an internet connection to allow the live performance likely to be witnessed by thousands who will be able to watch the virtual competition.

“We are confident about the event’s success. Other competitions will follow thereafter following similar SOP,” said an office bearer of CCSCSB.

The organisers have asked the players to fix the camera in front of them in such a position that the entire carrom board is visible during the live performance.

“For better visibility all the players are required to place a white sheet on the frame for keeping CM as indicator of missed chances. The missed chance CM shall be placed on the white background only and in the order of missing starting from player’s side to upward side of the frame,” said the circular.