Mental health projects planned in tribal areas
The Hindu
District panchayat team visits families of girls who ended lives recently
The district panchayat is planning to take up projects focussing on mental health in the tribal regions of the district, which has been witnessing increasing number of suicides in recent months.
The decision was taken after a visit by district panchayat president D. Suresh Kumar, vice president A. Shailaja Beegum and steering committee members to Vithura and Nandiyode panchayats which have witnessed five suicides of young girls in the past three months. The team visited the houses of all the five victims and spoke to the family members.
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