The two-day general strike called by central trade unions and sectoral federations which began on Monday hit banking services in the State.
In the State, 25,000 bank employees and officers spread across 7,600 branches and offices of various banks participated in the strike responding to the strike call by the All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA), K.S. Krishna, joint secretary, AIBEA, said.
Across India, the strike affected banking services with five lakh employees in public, private, cooperative, and regional rural banks responding to the banking unions' call to join the strike.
