To take care of the needs of the pilgrims, there will be no shortage of cash in ATMs and branches of Government and private banks along the Char Dham Yatra routes, said regional director, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Dehradun Subrata Das on Friday. He said that that there are about 800 branches and around 1000 ATMs of various Government and private banks on Char Dham Yatra routes in the State. Sufficient cash would be made available at ATMs and branches on the pilgrimage routes of Haridwar, Pauri, Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag and Chamoli districts.
He reiterated that cash would be made available in ATMs from RBI Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) and other states during Char Dham Yatra season in the State.
On the question of many ATMs of various banks of Dehradun and other parts of the State being without cash in recent times, he said that the situation is not that serious. There is cash in some ATMs while cash is also being provided by the bank branches. People do not need to worry as cash would be made available in the ATMs of various banks very soon. Sufficient cash has been brought from RBI, Kanpur and it would be available in all ATMs from Monday onwards, he said, adding that people should withdraw cash from ATMs as per their requirement. Cash should not be stored but it should be circulated in the market, he added.