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Severe cash crunch has been reported from several parts of the country. As per reports, atleast seven states including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat have been seeing dry ATMs for sometime.
The govt has now revealed that there is an acute shortage of Rs 500 notes and that it will take about a week to shore of supply of Rs 500 notes.
Congress president also hits out at the Prime Minister for his silence over the recent scams. He said PM is running away from debates.
For the last few weeks, several areas in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have reported shortage of currency. Now similar reports are coming from eastern Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat too.
Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla said that there is an imbalance of currency available in various states at the moment, and the government and the RBI are looking into the matter.
"Seeing reports of ATMs running out of cash in several states. Big notes missing. Reminder of #DeMonetisation days. #CashCrunch #CashlessATMs," Banerjee tweeted.
Opposition parties have now attacked the Modi government over the cash crunch that said to have affected millions across seven states.
There are reports of ATMs running dry from states like Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan.