KALIKOT: Cash shortage at Rastriya Banijaya Bank, Kalikot branch, has hit customers and government employees. The branch office is reeling under cash crisis since a week, bringing banking transactions to a standstill. This has affected thousands of customers visiting the bank from far-flung areas. Teachers and civil servants are also inconvenienced.

The bank is facing a cash shortage at a time when the current fiscal year is ending. Many offices have to close their yearly transaction within mid-July but with the cash problem is like a kick in the teeth for them. Remittance of money to Kalikot from Gulf countries.