Chennai: Visually impaired spouses selling agarbattis in Erode district of Tamil Nadu were shocked when they came to know that their saved money is no longer useful. The 24 thousand rupees that they had collected from hard earned money are in the out of notes of Rs 1,000 and 500 rupees which have been discontinued almost four years ago.
Somu (58), a resident of remote Pothia Moopanoor village, claimed that he came to know about the demonetisation in November 2016 on Friday when he went to deposit the savings amount of his and his wife Palaniammal with the bank. He told the press people on Saturday that due to the coronavirus not being able to earn for the last four months, he took out his savings with his illiterate mother. Somu reached the bank to deposit the amount, where the officials told him that these notes had stopped long ago.
Somu said that he and his wife had saved this money by selling incense sticks and camphor in the areas of nearby Anthiyur and Asapas for more than ten years. He said that each week he used to give some amount to his mother living with him, which she would keep safe with him. He used to get it converted into 500 or 1000 notes from time to time. Somu said that the three of us did not know that these notes of 1,000 and 500 had stopped. He said that he has sent an application to Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami and requested his help. The police have said to investigate this matter.
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