Indian labourers push a pontoon to construct a temporary pontoon bridge over the River Ganges for the upcoming Magh Mela festival in Allahabad on November 25, 2016. The Magh Mela is held every year on the banks of Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the three great rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati in Allahabad during the Hindu month of Magh. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





An eagle flies past Kashmiri workers removing weed on a cold and foggy day at the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, November 22, 2016. Cold conditions continued in most parts of Kashmir with fog affecting air traffic and normal life. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Workers push a laden cart along a deserted road near the Howrah bridge during a nationwide strike called by major trade unions to protest against demonetisation in Kolkata on November 28, 2016. Opposition political parties have planned country-wide protests against the government's demonetisation scheme. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Grooms sit and wait for their turn during a Muslim mass wedding in Ahmedabad, India November 20, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Brides sit and wait for their turn during a Muslim mass wedding in Ahmedabad, India, November 20, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A farmer smokes while sitting on sacks of paddy crops as he waits for customers, one week after the Indian government withdrew the circulation of high denomination banknotes, in Sanand village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, November 15, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A notice is displayed on the gate of an automated teller machine (ATM) counter which is no longer dispensing cash in Chandigarh, India, November 21, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A man sits in a queue to deposit or exchange his old high denomination banknotes outside a bank in Ahmedabad, India November 21, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman talks to a man as she stands in a queue to deposit or exchange her old high denomination banknotes outside a bank in Kolkata, India, November 21, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A vendor reads newspaper as he waits for customers at a wholesale onion market in Kolkata, India, November 21, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A member of the hospital staff walks out to get a treatment after injuring himself in an attempt to extinguish the fire which broke out at a government hospital in Kolkata, India, November 21, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Children hold images showing Sunday's train accident at Pukhrayan, near Kanpur city, as they pray for the victims, at a school in Ahmedabad, India, November 21, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man bathes at a roadside municipal tap at a wholesale market in Jammu, November 22, 2016. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)





A woman tries on a gold bracelet at a jewellery showroom in the eastern Indian city of Siliguri November 4, 2009. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Nuns from the Jain community, followers of a religion founded by Mahavir, cross a road in Ahmedabad, India, November 23, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





People queue outside the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to exchange their old high denomination banknotes in Kolkata, India, November 23, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman paints the floor of a pond as her child pulls at her saree in Delhi, India November 23, 2016. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





A bank employee puts indelible ink mark to a customer’s finger inside a bank in Kolkata, India, November 23, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A security guard checks a woman's hands for the ink applied to the fingers of those that have already exchanged their old high denomination banknotes, outside a bank in Kolkata, India, November 23, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A man watches a black kite from his window in Delhi, India November 23, 2016. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





People queue as they wait for their turn to exchange or deposit their old high denomination banknotes outside a bank in Mumbai, India, November 24, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A man holds 2000 Indian rupees notes as he gets out of a bank in Mumbai, India, November 24, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





People argue with each other as they wait for their turn to exchange or deposit their old high denomination banknotes outside a bank in Mumbai, India, November 24, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A bank officer swipes an ATM card of a man withdrawing Indian rupee banknotes at a mobile ATM van on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, November 24, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A homeless man eats his breakfast on a street in Bengaluru, India, November 25, 2016. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





A boy carries his sister’s pram after his house was burnt in a fire that broke out in a slum area in Jammu, November 26, 2016. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)





A boy stands amidst the charred remains of his home destroyed in a fire that broke out in a slum area in Jammu, November 26, 2016. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)





A boy plays in the rubble of his burnt house after a fire in a slum area in Jammu, November 26, 2016. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)





A security guard reads a newspaper inside an ATM counter as a notice is displayed on an ATM in Guwahati, India, November 27, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





An employee speaks on a mobile phone as she eats her lunch at the cafeteria in the Infosys campus in Bengaluru, India, September 23, 2014. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





A woman fills a form to deposit her old high denomination banknotes outside a bank in Ahmedabad, India November 28, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man fishes in the waters of the Dal Lake in Srinagar, November 28, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





People carry placards and shout slogans during a rally organized by India's main opposition Congress party against the government's decision to withdraw 500 and 1000 Indian rupee banknotes from circulation, in Ahmedabad, India November 28, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A vendor waits for customers at a wholesale onion market in Bengaluru, India, November 21, 2016. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





Indian police personnel stand guard as members of the Congress party protest as part of “Jan Aakrosh Diwas” in front of the Reserve Bank of India in Hyderabad on November 28, 2016. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





Indian activists from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) political party burn an effigy of Prime Minster Narendra Modi during a rally as part of a nationwide protest against demonetisation in Kolkata on November 28, 2016. Tens of thousands of people turned out November 28 for nationwide protests against India's controversial ban on high-value banknotes, which opposition party organisers say has caused a “financial emergency”. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Daily wage laborers read a newspaper siting on their handcart at a market in New Delhi, India, Thursday, November 24, 2016. The vast majority of Indians earn and spend in cash, and footfalls in the markets have fallen following the government decision to withdraw high denomination notes of rupees 500 and 1000 from circulation. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A bride looks up from behind her veil during a mass marriage ceremony organized for 22 Muslim couples in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Mass marriages in India are organized by social organizations primarily to help economically backward families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)