Sri Lanka’s Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) has announced that a nationwide system will be implemented to allow citizens to pay local fines digitally, from September this year.
Addressing a media briefing held today, ICTA Board member Harsha Purasinghe said that steps will be taken to enable the payment of spot fines issued by the Police for traffic violations through the GovPay app.
Revealing details about the new online traffic fine payment system, he stated that the first phase would be launched by the end of this month in connection with Police stations in the Western and Southern Provinces.
“A few weeks ago, we received Cabinet approval. So, starting this month, we will begin implementing the process of collecting fines digitally across the island. We hope to introduce this in the first phase by the end of this month, covering Police stations in two provinces, the Western and Southern. Following that, we will rapidly expand the system to cover all police stations island-wide by September,” he said.
Harsha Purasinghe also mentioned that although the GovPay mechanism did not initially have a supporting app when it was launched, those apps are now ready, and people can carry out fine payments using their preferred bank through the system. (Islandnews)
