Locals Urge Bank Authorities to Fulfill Genuine Demand
Bandipora, Nov 13 (GNS): Several villages in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district are without ATM facility, which in turn is causing huge inconvenience to the general public.
A delegation told GNS that villages including Arin, T.A Shah, Sumlar, Chuntimulla, Sirender, Kudara and Bapora villages with a population of more than fifteen thousand are without a single ATM.
Maintaining that they have time and again approached the bank authorities to install the machines’, the delegation members alleged that however nothing has been done in this regard so far.
They said that they have to either travel to main town Bandipora, which is more than 10 kilometers away, or Nadihal, which is at a distance of more than 6 kilometers to avail the facility of withdrawing cash from an ATM.
“Jammu and Kashmir Bank has established ATMs in almost all the areas of Bandipora but these areas have been neglected and we are forced to travel long distances to avail this facility,” Javid Ahmad Malik, a resident said.
He said that at least one ATM should be installed at a selected place to facilitate the public.
Meanwhile, the residents have appealed to the Jammu and Kashmir Bank authorities to look into their genuine demand and help resolve their long-pending demand at an earliest. (GNS)
