Guwahati, August 17: The Assam police have taken up pro-active steps to become the police unit much healthier and fitter. Over the next 15 days, around 67,000 personnel of the Assam police will be weighed and their body mass index (BMI) measured in a bid to have a “healthier police force”.

On Wednesday, the exercise began with DGP GP Singh getting his BMI measured at the 4th Assam police Battalion in Guwahati. Clocking a BMI of 25, he passed the test.

Speaking to media persons, DGP GP Singh said, “On the direction of Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam police has taken a pledge that we will make police a healthier and a fitter unit. On May 16 this year, we have decided to start BMI analysis for three months, which was started from today. Those police personnel getting salary from government should do the exercise. Today, we have started the BMI exercise in the 36th locations of the country.”

“In the second phase, after the result of the BMI was out and those who have falls under obese category will be advised to come to police training college, they will have support from government doctors and nutritionist. If required they have to stay there for 3 to one month” he further elaborate.

“The main aim is to make the police healthier and create a stronger police force because we are regularly seeing among police personnel that after crossing a certain age, they develop many health problems,” Singh emphasized.

The DGP further said the Assam Police has created an digital database of all its personnel where BMI has been added as a header along with other basic information such as date of birth and year of joining service.

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