To add to the misery still half of the ATMs are non-functional, making people agitated about the lack of infrastructure preparedness for the note exchange programme.
There are about 2 lakh ATMs across the country.
The endless wait to get valid currency notes are taking toll on people waiting for hours in long queues as there were reports of many elderly people collapsing.
According to bankers, the situation is unlikely to change for some more time, may be another 8-10 days.
They also expressed their apprehensions with regard to chances of crowd becoming unruly for which they feel banks don’t have adequate security arrangements.
Reports of chaos and scuffle at bank branches and ATMs streamed in from different parts of the country on Friday.
There were also reports of heated exchanges between hassled customers and overworked bank officials at several branches.
