Coimbatore: Rural police launched a 24×7 suicide prevention assistance channel called ‘Vidiyal’ during the event at the District Police Station (DPO) in SBI Road on Tuesday.
People who have suicide thinking can contact 0422-2300999 to get help.
Police District Supervisors S Selvanagarathinam said 680 suicide cases were reported in 2020.
“About 480 suicide cases have been registered since January 2021.
From them, around 35% of people who seek suicide have family problems, 25% have health related problems , And the rest have other problems like not being able to repay loans or loss of livelihoods, “he said.