A major decision has been taken in Tamil Nadu with respect to banking hours. With the footfalls of monthly pensioners and others in bank branches falling down, bankers in Tamil Nadu will work between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. till May 3. A decision to this effect was communicated to all the banks in Tamil Nadu by the State Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC) on Wednesday, as per a report in IANS.

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Last month when the lockdown was announced by the central government, the SLBC had decided that bank branches would work between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Subsequently, anticipating huge crowd in bank branches to withdraw the relief amount announced by the government and pension by the pensioners, the SLBC decided that the bank branches would work between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

As the number of people coming to the branches has fallen and those who come to complete their banking transactions before 1 p.m. the SLBC has decided to revert to 10 a.m to 2 p.m. schedule for bank branches.

Meanwhile, the death toll due to coronavirus rose to 377 while the number of cases in the country climbed to 11,439 on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 9,756, as many as 1305 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it said. The total number of cases include 76 foreign nationals. As many as 24 deaths have been reported since Tuesday evening, of which 18 were reported from Maharashtra, two each from Delhi and Gujarat, one each from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Of the total 377 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 178 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 50, Delhi at 30, Gujarat at 28 and Telangana at 17. Punjab and Tamil Nadu have reported 12 deaths each. Karnataka has reported 10 fatalities while Andhra Pradesh reported nine deaths.