In Kerala, suicides due to failed love affairs are rising steadily, thus leads the country in the total number of suicides.

According to the Economic Review, released by the Kerala State Planning Board, says, a total of 117 jilted lovers took their lives in the year 2008.

In 2006, 70 people killed themselves after failed love affairs.

There was a rise in the year 2007, the number raised to 81.

The total number of suicides in the state in 2008 was the lowest in an eight-year period (2000-08) with 8,569 suicides as compared to 9,810 in 2002.

Kerala Women's Commission chairperson Justice (retd.) D. Sreedevi defined the rising suicides as ‘serious social issue’ and said mobile phones are the main factor for this problem.

Sreedevi reported, "The rising suicides is a serious social issue. We have identified the use of mobile phones as the problem. Last month we had four cases where teenaged girls came to us complaining their lovers had ditched them. All of them were pregnant."

"Last year, a well educated lady said her lover had ditched her after a three-year relationship. We intervened and made them meet, and the next we heard was that both had committed suicide," she added.

Kerala government has banned the use of mobile phones in schools.

Kerala's overall suicide rate is 26.30 while the national average is 10.8.