Centre-mandated withdrawal limit of Rs 2.5 lakh for weddings +HYDERABAD: Many of the 50,000 weddings slated for Sunday in Andhra and Telangana, the season's most auspicious day, have been put off as families struggle to deal with demonetization woes, in particular coping with the list of documents banks need to release funds for marriages. V Chandrika, a resident of Madhapur, said she was forced to postpone her only daughter's wedding scheduled for Sunday as she had no cash in hand. "We-'re only making sure the money withdrawn is used for weddings. We cannot override the apex bank's orders," said M N Sudhakar, general manager (operations), Andhra Bank.Astrologers say that after the week, the next auspicious date for weddings will start only after January 15. Astrologer and Vedic pundit P Venu Swamy told TOIhe had been asked by at least 30 families to re-schedule the wedding.

Source: Times of India December 03, 2016 21:56 UTC