A special operation has been launched across the country to search for hidden rice stocks.
Consumer Affairs Authority Chairman Hemantha Samarakoon states that under the pretext of making illegal profits from business, Nadu rice stocks have been hidden and a shortage has been created.
Accordingly, he says that these operations are being carried out to search for wholesalers as well as mill owners.
Meanwhile, due to the ongoing rice shortage, the government has decided to import a stock of seventy thousand metric tons of Nadu rice from India.