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This Bank Official’s Post On The Sad Situation At Rural Banks Will Leave You In Tears

byAbhishek Kulkarni
17th November 2016
2 minute read

PM Modi’s demonetisation initiative was a masterstroke against the insurmountable amount of black money in the Indian economy. However, the move was more of a ‘carpet bombing’ than a ‘surgical strike’ and caused significant collateral damage.

Honest citizens have been scrambling to get their cash exchanged. The queues at ATMs and bank branches seem almost never-ending. In the rural areas, the situation is worse. Relatively less amount of cash is actually reaching rural bank branches. Officials are having to turn desperate customers away due to the lack of funds.

This rural bank official shared some heart-wrenching details about the situation in his bank. Their bank branch has not received cash in days and as soon as cash comes in, it’s over within a few short hours.

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“if tomorrow I have to tell another mother that we can’t give her enough cash for her child’s treatment, I will breakdown.”

Here’s his complete Facebook post:

Alright, I’ve had enough! I work at ***, rural area. And if tomorrow I have to tell another mother that we can’t give her enough cash for her child’s treatment, I will breakdown. If tomorrow I see another shivering old lady in the queue, I will breakdown. Because I can’t really look them in the eye and explain to them that it’s all for greater good and for national interest and that black money will go away. Black money or no black money. The system has always failed them every single time. And govt hospitals don’t exist everywhere, Pvt ones aren’t taking old currency, and for crying out loud your elitist asses wouldn’t trust a govt hospital either with the life of your loved ones. Please be honest. Please drop this elitism. This is NOT ‘inconvenience’. It’s a crime now. It’s a violation of human rights. People have DIED. Died waiting in queues, died in hospitals that didn’t take old currency, died working in banks.
How can you justify DEATH because of a poorly executed policy in the name of greater good?
I don’t want any good that has someone’s blood on it. And will this good mean income parity? WILL IT? What was the rush when your infrastructure wasn’t ready? People have died because you couldn’t wait to hit headlines. Black money can’t be your excuse for apathy. If this is your idea of Desh bhakti then to hell with such patriotism. My patriotism doesn’t allow me to let people die for anyone’s ‘greater good’.
#Demonitisation

 

The original post has since been taken off Facebook.

Commander Spock once famously said: “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.”

A few may need to suffer for many to prosper.

However, is this really how we want our story of development to be told? When does the suffering get too much? Where do you draw the line?

News Source: The Indian Express

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