OLD FOR NEW: A woman reacts after withdrawing the newly-launched Rs. 2000 notes at a SBI branch in Chennai on Thursday. Photo: M. Vedhan
A bank employee reacts as people shout while they wait to enter a bank in Mumbai. Photo: Reuters
A customer hands over a bunch of demonetised currency notes along with a copy of his proof of identity at an SBI branch in Kochi. Photo: H. Vibhu
Staff load currency note trunks into a van to distribute to SBI branches in Puducherry. Photo: S.S. Kumar
A woman turns her scooter into makeshift table to fill-in deposit form outside a bank in Ahmedabad. Photo: Vijay Soneji
Curious customers throng a Corporation Bank branch on Mysore Road in Bengaluru much ahead of banking hours. Photo: Sampath Kumar G.P.
A bank employee distributes deposit forms to people standing in queue outside the SBI's regional office in Kochi. Photo: H.Vibhu
A cashier uses a currency counting machine at a bank in Srinagar. Photo: Nissar Ahmad
Double woes for smog-affected people in New Delhi. Police personnel with pollution masks wait in queue to exchange discontinued currency notes outside the IDBI Bank’s Preet Vihar branch in East Delhi. Photo: Sandeep Saxena
SBI's Ambattur Industrial Estate branch in Chennai made personnel available to assist people who wanted to exchange their currency notes. Photo: M. Vedhan
The General Post Office in Thiruvananthapuram witnessed unusual rush as people lined up to exchange their currency notes. Photo: S. Gopakumar
Foreigners wait for their turn outside the State Bank of India’s main branch in Puducherry. Photo: S.S. Kumar
A woman fills up form for exchanging old currency at the SBI branch at the collectorate premises in Erode. Photo: M. Govarthan
Customers wait outside an Indian Bank brach at Perambur in Chennai. Photo: V. Ganesan
A senior citizen fills up a remittance form near Krishi Bhavan in New Delhi. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
Officials of a nationalised bank in Chennai count the Rs. 500 and Rs. 2000 notes they have received. Photo: S. R. Raghunathan
Barricades erected outside RBI’s Chennai premises at Rajaji Salai to regulate crowd. Photo: R. Ragu
People stand in queue look on as a woman counts her newly-exchanged notes in Guntur. Photo: T.Vijaya Kumar
A bank in Bhopal has made seating arrangements outside its premises for its customers. Photo: A.M. Faruqui
A woman takes a selfie with a new Rs. 2000 note at the Reserve Bank of India in Bhubaneswar. Photo: Biswaranjan Rout