DIMAPUR, MARCH 30 (MExN): The State Bank of India Officers Association (North Eastern Circle) has urged the governments and administrations to provide safety equipment like masks, gloves and hand sanitisers to bankers, who are still continuing with their daily work to provide banking services to the people.
A press release from the association also appealed to the government to make sure that bankers are not harassed anywhere by the police while commuting.
“We the bankers have been rendering our services for the public at large jeopardizing our lives. However, in spite of putting our all efforts, we have been facing several constraints in the course of our daily activities, like sufficient number of hand sanitizers, masks, gloves, etc. are not available in the market and as such we have to face the customers and handle the bank notes without enough protection,” it lamented.
“We have explored all the possible avenues from our end to get the mentioned safety equipments but all our efforts proved to be futile. Under the given circumstances, we understand that facing numerous customers and handling the cash, which could a major carrier of germs, is a very risky proposition,” it expressed concern.
The association further cited incidents where bankers have been harassed by police deployed in the streets to restrict vehicular movement.
It urged the administrations to properly sensitise the police personnel that the banking comes under essential services and hence is exempted from the lockdown purview.
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