<img title="Saif Ansari outside ICICI Bank in Bandra. Pic/Bipin Kokate" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/nov/11ansari.jpg" alt="Saif Ansari outside ICICI Bank in Bandra. Pic/Bipin Kokate" />Saif Ansari outside ICICI Bank in Bandra. Pic/Bipin Kokate
Pre-wedding jitters are the last thing on Saif Ansari&rsquo;s mind. The 24-year-old sales manager at a retail store is more worried about ensuring that his wedding, scheduled for Sunday, goes through as he has run out of cash in acceptable currency for the celebration.
&ldquo;The withdrawal limit per person a day is only Rs 4,000 in cash. We have enough money for the wedding but it&rsquo;s all in the now banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations. Most payments during a wedding are transacted in cash,&rdquo; said Ansari, as he queued up outside ICICI Bank&rsquo;s Bandra branch at 8.45 am today.
To increase chances of more encashment, Ansari&rsquo;s father and two cousins, who have come down from Dehradun, for the wedding, had queued up elsewhere. &ldquo;Without such an arrangement, we won&rsquo;t be able to exchange enough cash before the wedding,&rdquo; he said.
Yesterday, Ansari&rsquo;s father stood in line to get cash as the others attended to last-minute wedding preparations.
Ansari said the family had withdrawn large sums of money &mdash; in denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 &mdash; last week to be better prepared for any sudden expenditure. &ldquo;That idea has now backfired. How much can we depend on credit alone? We are trying to manage with whatever cash we have,&rdquo; said the Bandra resident.

Saif Ansari, the 24-year-old sales manager at a retail store, is worried about ensuring that his wedding, scheduled for Sunday, goes through as he has run out of cash in acceptable currency for the celebration

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