August 22, 2017 10:54 pm | Updated 10:54 pm IST - Puducherry
Puducherry:22:8:2017: State Bank remains closed in puducherry on February 22, 2017, as part of the one-day strike call given by United Forum of Bank Unions and Bank Association in Puducherry on Tuesday.Photo:M_samraj.
Banking services ground to a virtual halt in the city due to the strike called by banking unions pressing for various demands, including wage revision. Bankers in the city were part of an estimated 70,000 employees in various public and private banks in Tamil Nadu and Puduchery who took part in the strike called by the umbrella organisation United Forum of Banking Unions. Banking transactions including withdrawal of cash, cheque clearances and cash deposits and ATM services were badly hit.
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