November 20, 2025

Training Programme for the Traffic Police Officers in the North-Western Province

Alongside the rollout of Traffic Spot Fine Payments via GovPay in the North-Western Province, a training programme was successfully conducted for the Traffic Police Officers in the North Western Province on 20th November 2025 at Hotel Far Inn, Chilaw.

The session brought together Traffic OICs and officers representing police stations across the province. Organized by Sri Lanka Police, the sessions were conducted by a team of officials from LankaPay and ICTA. The training programmes aimed at educating the traffic police officers on how citizens can make traffic fine payments via GovPay, preparing law enforcement teams ahead of the province-wide rollout of the project. Deputy Inspector General of Police - Traffic and Road Safety Range, W P J Senadeera and Harsha Purasinghe, Chairman - Digital Task Force, Ministry of Transport were also present at this occasion.

Introduced in February 2025, GovPay is a joint initiative by ICTA and LankaPay, implemented under the guidance of the Ministry of Digital Economy. The traffic fine digital payment project is now led by the Digital Task Force of the Ministry of Transport.