The Sri Lanka Police have announced that online payments of spot fines for traffic violations through GovPay will be rolled out in the Southern Province starting today (20).
Speaking at a press briefing, Harsha Purasinghe, Board Member of the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), said the online payment facility has now been extended to both the Western and Southern provinces.
To support the service in the Southern Province, more than 400 mobile devices have been provided to police stations.
Purasinghe further stated that plans are underway to implement the system in the Northern Province, with the aim of expanding it to all provinces by the end of this year.
He also noted that the second phase of the system will introduce demerit points, and discussions are ongoing to involve the Department of Posts and the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT).
According to Purasinghe, the Western Province has recorded the highest collection of fines through GovPay so far, with nearly Rs. 30 million collected from around 20,000 traffic violations.
Since the launch of GovPay in February, a total of 170 institutions have joined the platform, facilitating payments exceeding Rs. 400 million to various government institutions.
