Pressed by closing date, banks working even on holidays

By Our Correspondent Kalikot, July 11: Mid-July pressure is a common phenomenon at the end of each fiscal year as it is the end of the financial calendar across the country; banks  remain busy even on weekly holidays in Kalikot to adjust income and expenditure from payments and agreements. Employees of the government offices and Rastriya Banijya Bank in the district could not take leave even on Saturday due to mid-July pressure.

The Bank stated that the service had to be run on Saturday as there was a lot of pressure from the service recipients in the bank.  Gorakh Bahadur Shahi, Branch Manager of the Bank in Kalikot, said that the bank had to reopen on Saturday due to public pressure. 

“All the friends agreed on providing services even on a weekly off  and we are doing that,” he said,  adding that the service continued even today.

According to him, the bank is now not only taking payments, but also opening new accounts for the scheme. More than 100 new scheme accounts are being opened. Most of the consumer committees that have worked generously have opened and taken accounts for payment.

The number of people opening accounts is the same after the local government said that they will get Rs. 10,000 each due to coronavirus infection. 

The crowd of customers opening daily accounts had also hampered other work.

Ganesh Acharya, Assistant Manager, said that he feels that the pressure of those who open an account only in the middle of the financial year is nothing more than misusing the developed budget. 

He said that it is customary to deposit and withdraw money to open an account at the same time.

Acharya complained that some process has to be completed even when opening an account, but the service recipients come and say that they need it immediately, so it takes time to convince them. 

After getting the information that the bank will be open on Saturday, the crowd feels like any other day.  Some are taking payments, some are opening new accounts and others are paying loan installments.