Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Nov 15: To provide succor to the general people after the declaration of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 as no legal tender, police installed a special counter outside the J&K Bank Main Branch here to help the old aged and illiterate people to get their forms filled.
The initiative was taken by Sanjeev Chib, SHO Samba police station under the supervision of DySP Headquarters Varinder Singh after witnessing huge rush of people outside the banks and ATMs for exchanging and depositing their old currency notes. Special deployment of officers and officials from police station Samba has been made outside the aforesaid bank.
In addition to the deployment of police near other bank branches falling in the jurisdiction of District Samba for smooth regulation and transactions and avoiding of any law and order problem, this is the initiative of its fist kind taken by Samba Police to provide a great succor to the general public visiting banks.
Besides helping the elderly and illiterate people in filling up the forms, adequate numbers of chairs have been kept outside the J&K Bank Main Branch for proper arrangements of the public besides arranging light refreshment for them who had to wait for hours together in the long queues.
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