What is taking a toll on residents?

CHANDIGARH: Going by official figures, an increase in cases of suicide has been seen in the city as 26 cases have been reported from January till September this year.
This is in comparison to 68 cases reported last year. This was revealed on the the occasion of World Suicide Prevention Day here on Friday. The figures were provided by the UT police department.
Changing lifestyle, work pressure and unsuccessful love affairs seem to have taken a toll on people. As such, numbers of those suffering from depression have also registered a marked increase.
Official sources said of all suicide cases reported till April this year, 19 were men and eight women.
Ajit Agarwal, employed with a private firm, said, "People suffering from depression should be given love and conditional support by their family and friends. A helpline should be started to offer them counselling."
Adarsh Kohli, physiologist, PGI, said, "Depression and communication gap between family members can cause suicidal tendency in some people. Also, parents should not pressurize their kids to perform well but instead encourage them."
Suicide Stats
August 29: Prem Singh, 53, a class IV employee in PGI committed suicide after hanging himself with the ceiling of his room in Maloya. He had been suffering from depression
August 15: Four members of a family were found dead under mysterious circumstances in their house in police lines,
Sector 26. The deceased included 30-year-old Sunita, her sons, Suraj, 8, Raj, 5, and 9-year-old daughter Kajal
August 10: Sharda Devi, 46, hangs herself with the ceiling fan of her room in Sector 36
July 24: A 19-year-old maid, Maya, committs suicide after hanging herself inside Don Bosco Navjeeven Church in Sector 24
July 16: A 24-year-old resident of sector 19, Varun Bhatia, commits suicide after hanging himself in his house. His suicide note mentions his failed love affair
June 8: A 21-year-old MBBS student, Bhavna Dhiman, ends her life after hanging herself with a ceiling fan at her house in Sector 44. In her suicide note, she mentions a Haryana youth did not reciprocate to her feelings