Protests were held outside several banks in Haridwar on Wednesday due to shortage of currency on the third working day of the week, the major being at Punjab National Bank in Bahadrabad where the villagers blocked the highway outside the bank. The police had tough time to handle the crowd and after lot of persuaion, the bank gates were opened.
In Bahadrabad village, the protest was organised in the branch of PNB and traffic was also blocked on the Haridwar- Roorkee National Highway. Similar protest was held outside PNB branch at Shyampur where people staged a dharna after they were informed that the bank had no cash left at their disposal.
At the PNB branch in Bahadrabad, angry people, including a large number of women, sat on a dharna after the bank staff informed that there was no cash available with them. The villagers alleged that they were standing in queue since 9 am on Wednesday morning. When they were informed that there was no cash, they blocked the highway, staging protest. The police managed to open the highway at10.45 am.