With online chatting being a preferred form of communication among the young, SNEHA, a suicide prevention centre, has launched an online chat service for those in distress and in need of help.

• The live chat facility will be available on SNEHA’s website — https://snehaindia.org/new/ — between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
• Lakshmi Vijayakumar, founder trustee, SNEHA, said research showed that 50% of youngsters preferred chatting over audio calls for reasons including privacy.
• The chat service was on trial run for two weeks and some youngsters put forward the need to make it available from 8 p.m.