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"As per our agreements with banks, the state governmentwill bear 50 per cent infrastructure cost of setting upthe ATMs. AHMEDABAD: The tribal people, who are generally on the margins of the financial system, will soon have easy access to ATM services in Gujarat Around 40 locations have been identified in Gujarat's tribal belt where ATMs (automated teller machines) will be installed by banks in the coming months, state tribal development department secretary Ramesh Chand Meena told PTI. "Our aim is to provide the basic banking facilities to thoseliving in some of the most remote pockets of the tribal-dominated districts, where ATMs are not available. "We conducted a survey and found that one ATM can serve a population living in its vicinity of around 20 km. This way, these 40 ATMs would cover a large population..