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Talking ahead the Fit India initiative and bringing in health regime amongst reserve police personnel, Additional Director General of Police (Karnataka State Reserve Police) Alok Kumar has made it mandatory for the personnel to run/stroll for 5 km on daily basis throughout October.
“Physical fitness alone can improve our immunity and help us fight against COVID-19 infection. We are trying to inculcate culture of fitness among the personnel,” Mr. Kumar informed Puucho News after participating in the “Fit Mangaluru” run organised collectively by the KSRP and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited right here on Thursday.
A round has been issued to commandants of all KSRP battalions to make sure that the reserve police personnel aged beneath 40 run for 5 km on daily basis. Those aged between 40 and 50 ought to run and stroll for the identical distance. The personnel aged above 50 km must stroll 5 km on daily basis. This one-month-long exercise will culminate on the National Unity Day on October 31 when the KSRP personnel from throughout the State will participate in a cyclothon in Bengaluru, which can be flagged off by Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, he mentioned.
The tradition of bodily health is being re-emphasised following deaths of a few of reserve police personnel, a few of whom have been aged beneath 30, as a consequence of co-morbidities. As a part of the health regime, personnel are additionally requested to do respiratory workout routines recurrently. “Rather than just saying it, officers, including myself, take the lead in following this regime by complying with use of face mask, social distance and other safety protocols,” he mentioned.
Every battalion, he mentioned, has categorised personnel into A (with out ailment),B (on and off ailment) and C (with perennial well being points). “We are motivating personnel to follow treatment protocol and move up from C to B and B to A. We do not want those in A to move down,” he mentioned. Weight of the personnel is being monitored recurrently on the battalion and people indulging in continual smoking and alcohol consumption are present process de-addiction classes, he added.
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