Salami Shashankar, 27, SBI Employee

Among the Tribal hamlets near her Toyaput village in Odisha’s Koraput district, Salami Shashankar is known as ‘Bank Madam’. Armed with a mask, gloves and sanitiser, Shashankar has been riding her two-wheeler, a Yamaha-609, to provide banking services to the villagers, since the lockdown began on March 25th. In her bag she carries a laptop, withdrawal and deposit slips and cash.

All she needs is a clean place under a tree to sit and convert it into a temporary office. She is an outsourced employee of the State of Bank of India to provide customer services. After the lockdown, she has been helping them avail state and Central subsidies. She has already provided customer service in 10 villages.

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