Hostels must be refitted to prevent pupils hanging themselves from ceiling fans.
NEW DELHI: A spate of student suicides in an Indian city has prompted local authorities to order that college hostels be refitted to prevent pupils hanging themselves from ceiling fans.
But the city has gained an unfortunate reputation after numerous student suicides, with India’s junior education minister quizzed on the deaths in parliament last month. “To prevent suicides from increasing among coaching students in Kota city, all hostel and private guesthouse operators in the state are directed to install a security spring device in the fans at every room,” the order read.
The city has reported around two dozen student suicides so far this year, up from 15 for all of 2022.The country saw more than 164,000 suicide deaths in 2021, the latest year for which figures were available, according to the national crime records bureau.
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