Banking service in Manipur affected

Imphal, Mar 10 (UNI) Banking services in Manipur was badly affected after the State Bank of India (SBI) main branch here failed to conduct financial transactions since March 8, following systems failure.

SBI officials said the computer system crashed and it would take another five to six days to rectify the system error as there was no engineer in the office.

Hundreds of people waited outside the bank today as the gates were locked with a sign board outside declaring the system failure.

Services of other banks which depend on SBI were also affected.

The system failure had outraged people as the main festival of the Manipuris, the Yaoshang or Holi, would begin on March 14 and would continue for five days.

The SBI main branch is the only bank, which provides coins and money in smaller denominations required for the festival.

Large number of people waited outside the bank refusing to go back.

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