Hyderabad: “It was bizarre to see some persons wandering near GHMC garbage bins in the streets when I was returning from my office,” said V Santosh Kumar, who works for a software firm in Hi-tech City. In the wake of ban on currency notes across the country, people grew curious on the black money. While there is utter chaos prevailing in the market due to shortage of Rs 100 notes, some people are sweating it day in day out in search of black money near garbage bins.

“There seems to be more people taking this street during night times for the past two days which is very unusual sight for me,” says a resident of Jubilee Hills.

There has been constant vigil on the garbage bins located near hi-profile localities like Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Punjagutta etc. Meanwhile, the situation of the common man turned worse in rural areas in Telangana. Marriages which were scheduled to be held were called off, transportation disrupted and most of the people cancelled their plans to commute to distant places.

At some places in Warangal city, the consumers are seen entering into verbal duel with shopkeepers over the big notes. Uneducated people are the worse hit due to the propagation that the old notes will have no value.

In the wake of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes were found in waste bins at Raebareli. They were reportedly brought in sacks and were burnt by workers of a private company at Parsa road at C.B Kheda Ganj in the town.