There is no denying the fact that after demonetization, banks, post offices and ATMs are witnessing long queues of people for exchanging the old currency notes with the new ones. However, sometimes, public is returning empty-handed as the cash gets finished or hasn’t reached the bank. The situation is grimmer in the rural areas as the amount of money reaching there is less as compared to urban areas and the bank employees are having tough time in handling the situation.
One village in Bastar, Chhattisgarh is facing such situation as people over there are not even able to purchase food for themselves in view of the fact that nobody is taking the old currency. Such an incident has been posted on Facebook by a user VM*, who is said to be working in the rural branch of a bank. He has shared the pathetic situation that the bank has been facing, as it has not received currency on most of the days and when received, it has finished within hours.
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The banker posted, “If tomorrow I have to tell another mother that we can’t give her enough cash for her child’s treatment, I will breakdown. If tomorrow I see another shivering old lady in the queue, I will breakdown.”
This post has now gone viral on the Internet and has been shared more than 2,500 times.
Here’s The Facebook Post:
“Alright I’ve had enough! I work at ***, rural area. And if tomorrow I have to tell another mother that we can’t give her enough cash for her child’s treatment, I will breakdown. If tomorrow I see another shivering old lady in the queue, I will breakdown. Because I can’t really look them in the eye and explain to them that it’s all for greater good and for national interest and that black money will go away. Black money or no black money. The system has always failed them every single time. And govt hospitals don’t exist everywhere, Pvt ones aren’t taking old currency, and for crying out loud your elitist asses wouldn’t trust a govt hospital either with the life of your loved ones. Please be honest. Please drop this elitism. This is NOT ‘inconvenience’. It’s a crime now. It’s a violation of human rights. People have DIED. Died waiting in queues, died in hospitals that didn’t take old currency, died working in banks. How can you justify DEATH because of a poorly executed policy in the name of greater good. I don’t want any good that has someone’s blood on it. And will this good mean income parity? WILL IT? What was the rush when your infrastructure wasn’t ready? People have died because you couldn’t wait to hit headlines. Black money can’t be your excuse for apathy. If this is your idea of deshbhakti then to hell with such patriotism. My patriotism doesn’t allow me to let people die for anyone’s ‘greater good’.
#Demonetization”
However, the user later deleted the post and changed the name to protect the identity.
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