Kota’s Unconventional Solution: In a rather amusing move, hostels and paying guests in Kota are installing springs in ceiling fans in an effort to combat the recent rash of student suicides in the coaching hub, with netizens advocating for prioritising mental health over temporary solutions.
Kota’s Unconventional Solution: Springs in Ceiling Fans to Address Suicides Draws Mixed Reactions
A video posted by the news agency ANI on X, formerly known as Twitter, shows a man installing a spring in the ceiling of one of the rooms and demonstrating a mechanism that causes the ceiling fan to break and collapse when a person attempts to hang from it.
#WATCH | Spring-loaded fans installed in all hostels and paying guest (PG) accommodations of Kota to decrease suicide cases among students, (17.08) https://t.co/laxcU1LHeW pic.twitter.com/J16ccd4X0S
— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) August 18, 2023
“Spring-loaded fans have been installed in all hostels and paying guest (PG) accommodations in Kota to reduce the number of student suicides,” stated the video’s caption.
People were quick to offer their opinions, requesting a focus on mental health and a reduction in academic burden for Kota students preparing for competitive exams.
Concerning figures
This year, twenty students have taken their own lives in Kota, raising concerns about the mental health of JEE and NEET aspirants studying at the coaching centre for competitive exams.
The most recent suicide occurred on Tuesday, when an 18-year-old JEE aspirant from Bihar hanged himself in his pg room in Mahaveer Nagar. This was the fourth suicide in the month of August.
Yaar had hai. Root cause Extensive pressure hai. Pankha nahi hai.
Kuch bhi chal rha hai.
— APPURV GUPTA (@appurv_gupta) August 18, 2023
As @netshrink will tell you, suicide prevention is serious buisness. Cosmetic measures are purely for optics. India itself needs to relook at its marks is merit mindset and swathouses like Kota need to move on to some other activity. https://t.co/LDa1cf7aFF
— SANJAY HEGDE (@sanjayuvacha) August 18, 2023
