Madhya Pradesh Farmers Spend Night In Queue As Bank Reopens After Days

Madhya Pradesh: Many farmers were seen sleeping on the road with pieces of clothes laid out, as they waited for their turn. They had also placed stones on the ground to mark their spots in the long queue.

Farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha queued up outside a bank through Wednesday night in order to withdraw money.  The District Cooperative Bank had been closed for two weeks after a few staff members tested positive for coronavirus recently. Farmers have been thronging the premises for cash withdrawal even before the bank reopened on Tuesday. However, the bank decided to release only 150 tokens daily to customers to avoid crowding, thus, promoting farmers to queue up to get tokens. Many of them were seen sleeping on the road with pieces of clothes laid out, as they waited for their turn. They had also placed stones on the ground to mark their spots in the long queue.