To prevent student suicides, spring-loaded fans being installed in Kota hostels

In a bid to curb student suicides in Kota, Rajasthan, spring-loaded fans are being installed in hostel accommodations in the Rajasthan city.

Naveen Mittal, president of Hostel Association, Kota, said a Bengaluru-based company approached them with this idea in 2015 and after the approval of the then District Magistrate, a guideline was formed for such fans to be installed in the hostels.

He said that almost 90 to 95% of hostels are following the guidelines, but 40-50,000 Paying Guest (PG) accommodations operating in Kota fall under unorganised sector, and hence it is challenging for them as well as the district administration to make the PG accommodations comply with the guidelines. However, the administration, including the local police, should work in installing such fans in PG accommodations as well, he added.