It is reported that all the Pelwatta dairy outlets in the Colombo area have been closed today (30th) in protest of the order to close the Pelwatta dairy outlet in the Mirihana area.
With the decision to increase the price of milk powder, people are queuing up near the milk powder outlets these days. It is said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had passed by the Pelwatta dairy outlet in Mirihana yesterday (29th) afternoon and the people in the long queue had hooted at him and protested.
It is said that the police officers who later arrived at the scene have ordered the milk powder outlet to be closed.
It is reported that seven Pelwatta milk powder distribution centres in Colombo have been closed today in protest of the order to close the Mirihana dairy outlet.
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