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Rs 12 Crores from J&K Bank alone
Srinagar, June 9: As life limped back to normalcy in the Kashmir Valley after eight days of shutdown coupled with protests and demonstrations, a whopping amount of Rs 12 crores were withdrawn from various branches Jammu Kashmir Bank and its Automated Teller Machines (ATM).
Reports said that more than 33,000 transactions were made between 10AM and 5PM in the evening at various branches of JKB and its 200 ATM’s after eight -days of continuous strike following the alleged rape and murder of two young ladies at Shopian last month.
According to reports heavy rush was witnessed at all the branches of the JKB and its ATM’s since early morning. Long queues were seen outside the ATM’s with people pulling and pushing each other to make the transactions.
JKB, PRO, Sajjad Bazaz said that more than 33000 transactions were made and nearly rupees 12 crores were withdrawn from JKB branches and ATM’s spread across the valley.
Meanwhile, after remaining paralyzed for eight consecutive days due to the extended strike call given by the Hurriyat Conference against the alleged rape and murder of Shopian women followed by imposition of undeclared curfew by the state administration, life limped backed to normal on Tuesday.
After eight days of unrest, all shops, offices, business establishments and educational institutions in city resumed their work with the markets witnessing huge rush.
Banks and ATMs witnessed huge rush too with the people standing in long queues for hours to make transactions. Transport that was off the roads for the past eight days, plied on all the city routes.
The residents of Srinagar, particularly the old city where strict restrictions were imposed to prevent people from staging pro-freedom and anti-India demonstrations amid heightened security, on Tuesday heaved a sigh of relief with the week long restrictions coming to an end.
“The residents of the old city are always on the receiving end. From last week we were confined to our houses by hundreds of CRPF men and policemen as strict curfew was imposed in the area,” Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Nowhatta told Press Bureau of India.
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