In WP over 300 traffic fines daily thru’ GovPay
View(s):More than 300 traffic fines are paid daily only in the Western Province by the newly launched Gov Pay platform, top officials said.
Channa de Silva, CEO LankaPay, told The Sunday Times Business that with the launch of this payment system on August 4, there was an increasing trend in traffic fine payments in the Western Province. “It started with about 60 traffic fines, went on to 200 and now about 300,” he said.
Noting that manual payments are still more than the Gov Pay payments, he said this is because most are still getting used to the app. “Those who don’t normally pay online are also drawn towards the GovPay app to pay traffic fines,” he added,noting that some are using FinTech apps to pay traffic fines as well.
Next month, we’ll likely see the Southern Province and some others also roped in for traffic fine payments through GovPay, he said, noting that the long-term ambition is to set audacious goals to take the country forward, contributing an estimated US$3 billion to the economy through government digital payments in the next half a decade.
Cabinet approval was obtained to roll out the traffic fines solution island-wide wideand by the year-end end it will be applicable island-wide, Mr. De Silva said.
Since its launch in February 2025, GovPay has processed 13, 000 transactions, as of August 22 generating Rs 95 million in government revenue through seamless and secure digital payments. Nearly 100 public services across that are on board are now digitally payable via the platform, which aims to transform the way citizens interact with the government institutions, Mr. De Silva added. As at Friday, Lanka Hospitals PLC was also on board.
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