Published 23:38 IST, September 10th 2019
Delhi Metro installs hoarding for raising mental health awareness
As part of an ongoing campaign to raise awareness about sound mental health, the Delhi Metro authorities on Tuesday installed a hoarding at the metro museum
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As part of an ongoing campaign to raise awareness about mental health, Delhi Metro authorities on Tuesday have installed a hoarding at metro museum to encour people to brave through psychologically difficult periods inste of giving up on life. hoarding was installed on World Suicide Prevention Day which seeks to bring awareness on issue in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides.
DMRC promotes #NeverGiveUp campaign
"As part of our ongoing campaign '#NeverGiveUp', which began in April, we have been raising awareness on mental health issues so that people do t take extreme step and inste soldier on in ir life even during tough times," a senior DMRC official has said.
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"A panel has been installed at DMRC's Metro Museum at Patel Chowk metro station to promote our #NeverGiveUp campaign to raise awareness about sound mental health and encour people to be brave," official went on to say. He furr assed that hoarding would be on display at museum for rest of month.
It depicts one hand reaching out to ar with caption -- 'Your story may seem like it has come to a pause, but it will continue.' -- displayed in a corner. One hand's wrist also has a heart and a quotation mark drawn on it.
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Frequent attempts to commit suicide
Several commuters, young to old, have committed suicide in last few months by jumping in front of moving trains at metro stations. most recent case being of a 26-year-old woman h killed herself by jumping in front of a moving train at Model Town metro station of Yellow Line on Saturday. deceased, identified as Sonakshi Garg, a resident of Paharganj, h left a suicide te at spot which said that one should be held responsible for her actions, police h said.
DMRC on Tuesday also tweeted ar poster that depicts one hand reaching out to ar.
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On Monday, it h put up a poster on Twitter as part of campaign, bearing an im of a woman.
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21:50 IST, September 10th 2019