India's tech hub Bangalore is a stressed out city

India's technology hub is being racked by more and more suicides.

Over 200 people, including youngsters between 10 and 14 years, commit suicide every month in the city as they suffer from stress or financial insecurity or loneliness, say police, social workers and doctors.

Bangalore police records show that in the first seven months of this year 1,444 people in the city killed themselves. That is an average of 206 suicides a month.

A study by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans), Bangalore, says 10 per cent of suicides in Bangalore is by youngsters between 10 and 14 years.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that 17 out of every 100,000 people commit suicide in Bangalore, the highest number in the country. In New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, the suicide rates are respectively 10, 12 and 11 per 100,000.

"The statistics show a dangerous trend. The scenario is quite fearsome," M.J. Thomas, a senior city-based psychiatrist, said.

"Bangalore is full of contradictions," he said. "Bangalore is one of India's fastest growing cities. But it is sad that a modern city like Bangalore with the best of amenities witnesses a rapid rise in suicide deaths."

"In Bangalore all are stressed out. Be it a child, an IT professional or a migrant labour, the city does not provide social and mental security to its wide range of population," said Lata Jacob, a counsellor at Sahai Tele-counselling for suicide prevention.


Courtesy:ibnlive.com
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