After the Union Government’s decision of abolition of Rs500 and Rs1000 banknotes, the prominent markets of the city remained abandoned on Wednesday due to scarcity of notes of other denominations. People remained annoyed as the ATMs have also been closed for two days.
On the other hand, the petrol pumps of the city remained busy as most of them were accepting the notes of Rs1000 and Rs500.
Interestingly, there was a major scarcity of changes as most of the people were trying to spend their notes of Rs1000 and Rs500 therefore, the petrol pump workers insisted the customers to bring the change. People of the city remained bothered as various shopkeepers and vendors refused to take the notes of Rs1000 and Rs500. The shopkeepers gave the reason that they are running out of changes hence they are unable to accept the notes of Rs1000 and Rs500.
The passengers at the Habibgunj railway station were found raged as the ticket-counter of the station, was running out of the change. Apart from the railway station, auto rickshaw drivers and the taxi drivers have refused to take the notes of Rs1000 and Rs500.
Similarly, the medical shops owners and the other shops owners of the daily essentials were found rejecting the notes of Rs1000 and Rs500 as well as the shop-owners also refused to provide the change.
Meanwhile, chaos prevailed among the tourists, who were enjoying their vacations at the hill station Pachmari and at the Tourist Palace Khajuraho due to the abolition of the notes of Rs100 and Rs500.
Tourists were found cancelling their plans due to the scarcity of the notes of Rs100 and due to the closed ATMs. Tourists were raged as most of the tourist-counters refused to accept the notes of Rs1000 and Rs500.
The tourists also complained regarding this in a police station at Khajuraho. However, police officials appeased the tourists later.
Tourists remained raged at the Pachmari as most of the ATMs of the hill station ran out of the notes of Rs100. However, the tourists got some relief due to online bookings and tour operators. Various restaurants, taxi drivers and buses refused to accept the notes of Rs100 and Rs500.
The businessmen and the hotel owners would have to suffer loss as most of the tourists are cancelling their pre-bookings.