pune saurabh ghatke who works with a private firm and lives in kalyani nagar took his wife and two children out to seasons mall on sunday afternoon this is the one place that saurabh knew his family could have a good time without diminishing the meagre rs 800 cash the family has left our idea was to just go around in the mall for sometime and then move for a drive however once we reached there my kids wanted to have waffles to my pleasant surprise even the small make shift kind of stall in the food mall had a card swapping machine by the time we left the mall i had spent around rs 600 via cashless transactions but monday will be yet another hectic day as the banks reopen and i will be waiting in the queue saurabh told toi weekends in the city have been subdued ever since november 8 when the demonetisation move was announced and some still think it is better to stay home till the situation improves nazir shaikh who works as a shop assistant and lives in mohammadwadi was not happy with the decision of taking his family to the mall i have never done a transaction via card even though i have a debit card at present we have cash rs 500 in cash at home and plan to withdraw rs5000 on monday my children wanted to take a ride on the toy train but we had to stop ourselves because of the cash crunch it was a mistake coming to the mall as the kids went home unhappy shaikh said some families decided not to indulge in splurging much as they felt that spending too much will result in their withdrawal limits reducing at the sgs mall located at moledina road in camp the family of nitin kamte an it professional was seen sitting at a food court cash is hard to come by these days and we dont really want to spend rs 1000 or more by card what if my limit for the day or week decreases i dont know much about the details of how limits are calculated but i dont want to take a risk so i have decided nothing more than ice creams for my family my wife has already prepared dinner at home and i have promised my kids a better outing next week i hope conditions improve by then kamte said but for those who have the capacity to spend and are at ease with card or ewallet payments malls have a lot to offer almost all stores including smaller eateries at the food court having gone cashless either by using card swapping machines or ewallets most malls seem to be receiving their usual weekend footfall a representative of central a mall located at the karve road claimed that there was no drop in the number of people visiting the mall the footfall is normal as it is on weekends we dont think that