KOLKATA: A handful of ATMs tucked away in the lanes and bylanes stored the day for Kolkatans on Wednesday — the first day of the 48-hour nationwide financial institution strike.
From Esplanade to Salt Lake and Jadavpur to Shyambazar, all main banks remained shut on Wednesday. While some had supporters blockading the entry gates with banners, shutters were down at some branches that handiest had a flag left on the stairs or a poster caught on the wall. As for the ATMs, most of them had their shutters downed. Those with the shutters half raised had a security guard seated within, to not lend a hand the customers but to verify no transactions happen.
The saviour for the day were few private financial institution ATMs that were hidden from public view. Although money used to be no longer replenished in any of them on Wednesday, Kolkatans controlled with the leftover money.
“I had to withdraw some money badly as my uncle fell unwell and we needed to take him to the hospital. But not one of the ATMs were operational in Shyambazar. I checked in at five ATMs until any individual advised me that an ATM used to be nonetheless open on Rambagan Lane. I rushed there to search out it operational. Without taking any probability, I withdrew Rs 20,000 at one cross,” mentioned Pratham Sengupta, a non-public company worker.
Most citizens were, however, no longer fortunate enough to search out the ATMs that dispensed money. “I badly needed some money to pay one in every of my dealers but even after visiting 10 ATMs in the Esplanade area, I may find none. I asked the dealer to come next week,” mentioned Bishop Ghosh, a businessman.
Rajen Nagar, the general secretary of Bengal Provincial Bank Employees Union, mentioned that almost 98% of financial institution branches and ATMs were closed and most of the officials and workers had joined the strike. “The strike has been 100% a hit,” mentioned Ashok Mukerjee, the previous deputy leader secretary of SBI Staff Association.
According to resources, all officials above the level of leader supervisor had joined work, but it surely used to be no longer possible to operate the entire ATMs following resistance from strike supporters. A small faction of the financial institution union backed through INTTUC, however, forced open a few branches and ATMs of Axis Bank in the city. Some branches of SBI were opened in North 24 Parganas.
A department of Bandhan Bank, too, used to be found operational in the Entally area. “The strike supporters had come in the morning, forcing other people to down the shutters. We had initially stored our shutters down, but after the lads left the world, we opened the department. Since then, fortunately, we didn’t face any problem,” mentioned an reputable of the financial institution.
From Esplanade to Salt Lake and Jadavpur to Shyambazar, all main banks remained shut on Wednesday. While some had supporters blockading the entry gates with banners, shutters were down at some branches that handiest had a flag left on the stairs or a poster caught on the wall. As for the ATMs, most of them had their shutters downed. Those with the shutters half raised had a security guard seated within, to not lend a hand the customers but to verify no transactions happen.
The saviour for the day were few private financial institution ATMs that were hidden from public view. Although money used to be no longer replenished in any of them on Wednesday, Kolkatans controlled with the leftover money.
“I had to withdraw some money badly as my uncle fell unwell and we needed to take him to the hospital. But not one of the ATMs were operational in Shyambazar. I checked in at five ATMs until any individual advised me that an ATM used to be nonetheless open on Rambagan Lane. I rushed there to search out it operational. Without taking any probability, I withdrew Rs 20,000 at one cross,” mentioned Pratham Sengupta, a non-public company worker.
Most citizens were, however, no longer fortunate enough to search out the ATMs that dispensed money. “I badly needed some money to pay one in every of my dealers but even after visiting 10 ATMs in the Esplanade area, I may find none. I asked the dealer to come next week,” mentioned Bishop Ghosh, a businessman.
Rajen Nagar, the general secretary of Bengal Provincial Bank Employees Union, mentioned that almost 98% of financial institution branches and ATMs were closed and most of the officials and workers had joined the strike. “The strike has been 100% a hit,” mentioned Ashok Mukerjee, the previous deputy leader secretary of SBI Staff Association.
According to resources, all officials above the level of leader supervisor had joined work, but it surely used to be no longer possible to operate the entire ATMs following resistance from strike supporters. A small faction of the financial institution union backed through INTTUC, however, forced open a few branches and ATMs of Axis Bank in the city. Some branches of SBI were opened in North 24 Parganas.
A department of Bandhan Bank, too, used to be found operational in the Entally area. “The strike supporters had come in the morning, forcing other people to down the shutters. We had initially stored our shutters down, but after the lads left the world, we opened the department. Since then, fortunately, we didn’t face any problem,” mentioned an reputable of the financial institution.
Bank strike: Alley ATMs keep cash flowing in Kol
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