Seven continuous bank holidays starting from the last day of this month to sixth day of the next month on the one hand might affect the Eid-ul-Azha and Dussehra festival while on the other hand bring weeklong spell of holidaying for tourism lovers.
In the wake of half yearly closing of banks on September 30 and October 1, followed by continuous Bank holidays till October 6, the social media including Facebook and WhatsApp are agog with advices to complete bank related works by September 29, since after such a long spell of holidays, normal banking working is expected to be resumed by October 7 only.
The messages circulating on the social media say that since banks across the country will observe half yearly closing on September 30 and October 1, the banks would not do public dealing whereas October 2 being Gandhi Jayanti, October 3 would be Dushera, October 4 with half day working with backlog of last two days working and October 5 being Sunday and Eid ul-Azha (Bakrid) to be observed on October 6, virtually there shall be no working in the banks. So in all the banks would remain close for seven days for the public.
The business community of the State and the country is worried as this long spell of bank holidays is at such a time when Navratri festival is on that will continue till Diwali which will be further followed by Wedding season that goes up to December 14 and meanwhile season of Christmas and New Year takes a beginning.
At such a time long spell of Bank Holidays will certainly hamper normal conduct of business operations as for the season sales, traders do lot of purchasing during these days to stock the material. In the wake of such a situation trading community across the Country has also been cautioned to complete all necessary bank transactions by September 29.
Meanwhile, many people have planned trips during the festival and long public holidays from October 2 to 6 which includes Gandhi Jayanti, Dushera, and Bakri-Eid to make best used of time.