Chaos erupts at Mehsana Urban Bank as new currency notes run out during Diwali shopping
Queues stretched for one kilometre outside the bank as people gathered to obtain new and small denomination currency notes.
By Capital Kranti desk, Gandhinagar · Editor: Parth Thakkar
6 November 2026, 1:37 pm · 1 min read
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Ahead of the vibrant start of the Diwali festival, crowds gathered early in the morning at the Mehsana Urban Bank located in Mehsana city to obtain new and small denomination currency notes. According to a Sandesh report, a large number of people reached the bank as citizens specifically required small notes for shopping and transactions, as well as to follow the tradition of using new notes as a good omen during the festival.
As soon as the main door of the bank opened, crowds surged and queues formed immediately. Within a short time, the queues in front of the bank stretched to one kilometre in length. The situation reached a point where the lines that started inside the bank reached the main road outside, and only queues of people were visible on the road for a long distance.
Due to the heavy demand for small change during the festive days, people were seen waiting for hours for their turn. People were present at the bank premises since morning to obtain bundles of ten, twenty, fifty, and one hundred rupee currency notes.
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