The official statistics of NCRB for 2013 has revealed an alarming rise in suicidal inclination among men compared to women.
Among 53 mega cities in the country in 2013, Vizag and Vijayawada in AP stood 26th in the list of suicides.
Statistics show that the number of suicides in Vizag increased by 10 per cent from last year. In Vizag, 248 people, 182 men and 66 women took their lives in 2013, making the city the suicide capital in AP.
More disturbing is the fact that the reasons for suicide are becoming more and more trivial. Another reason for apprehension is that the age group of victims ranges between 15 and 29 years and 30 and 44 years.
According to the city Psychiatrists, social, economic, family problems and failed love affairs led most males to kill themselves, whereas personal and emotional reasons were the cause for women ending committing suicide.
The incidents of suicides over the past two years have showed that youngsters and the below 40 years age group in the city feel that suicide the only way out.
There are over various reasons for the Youngsters, Students and employees in private sector to take this extreme step.
According to City police officials, youngsters must learn to deal with failures in life and open up to parents to sort out their problems. Most of the city colleges lack counselors who could be invaluable in providing help and stopping them from taking the final step, expressed the officials.