COIMBATORE,
November 17, 2016
Apart from the currency exchange facility at the post offices, the mobile unit was planned to reach out to the public.
These are areas that do not have a bank or where a large
number of people gather every day and the Postal Department is trying
to reach out to the public in these places.
A mobile
currency exchange van has been pressed into service to Government
Hospitals, maternity homes, tribal areas, hamlets in the foot hills and
remote villages in the region to help the public exchange Rs. 500 and
Rs. 1000 denomination notes by producing the prescribed documents.
Postmaster General for western region Sharda Sampath told
The Hindu
that on Wednesday, 83 applications were received at the camp at
Coimbatore Medical College Hospital and Rs. 3.5 lakh was the amount that
was exchanged. Apart from the currency exchange facility at the post
offices, the mobile unit was planned to reach out to the public. At the
Government hospital, there will be several patients and their relatives
who would want to exchange the demonetised currencies. Hence, it was
decided to have a camp at the hospital here on Wednesday and Thursday.
“The number of days that the camp will be held at a location depends on
the need in that area and also on availability of cash,” she said. The
decision to conduct a mobile camp is taken at the local level, depending
on the money availability for that post office. A camp was held at
Yercaud on Tuesday. The public will have to bring the right identity
card to benefit from these camps, she said.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com/
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