Aizawl, March 28 -- Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhawma on Thursday, expressed deep concern over the increasing number of deaths among the youth population in the state.

Addressing a general body meeting of the Former Legislators' Association of Mizoram (FLAM) in Aizawl, Lalduhoma said that the state should make massive efforts to address the issue and ameliorate the increasing death rate among youths.

The Chief Minister said that he conducted a self-study and research on the increasing number of young deaths and discovered that generally, 7 bachelors died when an unmarried young female died at a point in time.

He said that people could see many graves belonging to youths and middle-aged men in cemeteries across the state, which factuall...