its chief general manager communications atm means any time money but that is not the case in the city then there are atms where shutters are downed before it is noon because theres no cash mirror contacted kotak mahindra branch officials they said they were not authorised to speak moreover rbi also wants people to use less cash and go digital most banks chose to give a bulk of it to their customers directly than put it in atmsthe bank officers and employees associations also admitted that theres a shortage of cash in the market general secretary of mahagujarat bank employees association janak rawal said the government is not pouring enough cash into banks he added another issue is the recalibration of atms to accommodate new rs 500 and rs 2000 notes which has different size atms are supposed to make withdrawals easy for people but i have been forced to roam around in this heat to get my hands on my moneyshutters from cash being diverted to pollbound states to nonrecalibration of atms from people hoarding notes to shortage of cash supply the banks have a long list of excuses even cheque deposits has increased by 50 while some atms are yet to be recalibrated there are machines that are not functioning properly after the recalibration however an rbi official seeking anonymity said the cash shortage arose due to elections in different states it is tough for us to go to a bank fill slips and stand in queue to withdraw money as we are out for work by 9 am and return home quite late the cap on cash withdrawals at atms is gone admitting to cash shortage a private bank official refusing to be named said the rbi is giving us only 20 per cent of the cash we need divyakant soheliya told police that he wanted to withdraw rs 200 for fuel and food i visited kotak mahindra canara bank sbi and axis bank atms in c g road and law garden areas but they were all empty a mirror check revealed that while the reserve bank of india lifted the withdrawal limit several atms in the city are out of cash forcing amdavadis to roam around in the scorching heat hunting for a functional atm but things are improving slowly senior vicepresident gujarat of allindia bank officers confederation aiboc wilfred ambrose said footfalls at atms has increased drastically habib sheikh a 21yearold sales executive went to four atms on cg road during office hours and still had to return disappointed if they put the money in atms even those people who are not their customers can withdraw the money the cash was diverted to those states mirror also contacted the reserve bank of india darsh pandya a 20yearold bcom student who resides in ramdevnagar said what if you have an emergency and need cash this is a sad situation he said i am young and healthy so i can bear the heat banks are holding