The Consumer Authority officials have started monitoring rice mills inclooding Araliya and another several mills in polonnaruwa, and two officers of the authority are currently stationed at each rice mill.
We tried to contact Dudley Sirisena, the owner of the Araliya rice limited, to inquire about this, but he was reported to have gone abroad. He went abroad on a personal visit the day after his meeting with President Anura Dissanayake regarding the rice crisis.
It is reported that all the mill owners agreed to release rice at the new control price that was increased during the meeting with the President.