Photos: Cheques worth Rs 7.4 lakh crore not cleared due to bank strike

[caption id=“attachment_75795” align=“alignnone” width=“860”] Banking operations, including clearing of cheques, across the country were hit Monday as around 10 lakh employees went on a two-day nationwide strike over wage revision settlement and ongoing banking sector reforms. About 100 million cheques worth Rs 7,40,000 crore could not be cleared due to the strike. Photo PTI[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_75796” align=“alignnone” width=“860”] Bank employees shout slogans during the two day strike called by United Forum of Bank Unions to press their demands in Gurgaon on Monday. Around 10 lakh bank employees and officers working in 27 public sector banks including State Bank of India (SBI) and 12 old generation private sector banks and eight foreign banks are on a two days nationwide strike. PTI[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_75797” align=“alignnone” width=“860”] At many places, ATMs are not functioning or are dried up. The strike would continue on Tuesday as well. PTI[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_75798” align=“alignnone” width=“860”] Security guard infront of closed Bharatiya Mahila Bank during 1st day of two days Nation wide bank strike in Kolkata on Monday. PTI[/caption]