Bandipora, Oct 13: The residents of Nowgam area of Sumbal in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday urged J&K Bank authorities to facilitate setting-up of a bank branch in the area.
The locals Rising Kashmir that their area with twenty thousand population is without a bank branch due to which they had to face many difficulties.
They said that they have to go about eight kilometres far to Sumbal Bank even for minor works. “We are forced to go to the main town Sumbal to withdraw money from bank or ATMs,” Suhail Ahmad a local said.
The traders of the area said that they are facing a lot of difficulties without having a bank here.
They also said that their demand for a new bank branch have been turned down by bank officials on several occasions.
They demanded that the authorities should established a bank branch in the area, so that they can avail the benefits of the facility.
