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New Delhi: Crowds returned to banks on Monday after a Sunday holiday as thousands of people hungry for cash queued up to take out money. The scene was no different at ATMs that were functional.

Mahendra Prakash, a resident of Kalindi Kunj in south Delhi, said he and his wife rushed to the neighbourhood Canara Bank ATM when they realised it had been loaded with cash in the morning. Prakash told IANS that ATMs in his locality had been dry for the last one week.He was one of the many who hit out at the way the demonetisation scheme had been implemented, triggering an unprecedented cash shortage all across the country.