The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) is intensifying island-wide raids to punish vendors selling bottled drinking water above the recently set Maximum Retail Prices.
The MRPs are Rs. 70 for 500ml, Rs. 100 for 1L, Rs. 130 for 1.5L, Rs. 160 for 2L, and Rs. 350 for 5L bottles.
All bottled water regardless of production date must now be sold at or below these rates, with new prices required to be printed on bottles produced after the gazette.
Violators face heavy fines up to Rs. 05 million for companies and Rs. 500,000 or jail sentences for individuals, with harsher penalties for repeated offenses.
