Banks To Remain Closed For Four Days Starting Holi on Thursday

Starting Holi, banks will remain closed for the next three days.

This will be the scene during the four days. (Photo: Reuters)

Banks will remain closed for 4 days in a row starting from Holi which falls on 24 March (Thursday) which will continue till Sunday (27 March). Customers will not be able to make any business transaction.

ATMs might remain operational during these holidays. Thursday will be a holiday for Holi, followed by Good Friday and the fourth weekend of the month.

Banks are closed on second and fourth Saturdays every month. Hence, four continuous offs for bank employees in several states.

In states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, however, there will not be a holiday on Holi, as per the IBA website.

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A section of employees of the Bank have served a notice of strike from 28 March 2016 to 31 March 2016. If the strike materialises, normal banking services may be affected. In order to minimize the inconvenience to customers, the bank has decided to keep all its offices open on 26 March 2016 (Saturday).

<b>Officer, IDBI bank</b>

The staffers, belonging to the All India Bank Employees Association and All India Bank Officers Association, have given the strike call to protest against the government move to privatise IDBI Bank.