After 23 Suicides This Year, Age Bar For Kota Coaching? What Doctor Says
NDTV
Data shows that the number of suicides has increased by 60% since the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Rajasthan's Kota -- India's coaching district for aspiring engineers and doctors -- two suicides within four hours on Sunday took the tally this year to 23, the highest ever recorded.
Avishkar Shambaji Kasle, 17, from Maharashtra and Adarsh Raj, 18, from Bihar both died in two separate incidents in the city on Sunday. The former jumped from the sixth floor of his coaching institute's building while the latter hanged himself at his rented apartment.
In 2023, there have already been 23 suicides, compared to 15 in 2022. December 2022 was the deadliest month, with three suicides in a single day. Data shows that the number of suicides has increased by 60% since the COVID-19 pandemic. However, that jump in deaths is due to the fact that the number of students in Kota declined in 2019 and 2020 during the Covid pandemic.
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