‘I – Sense’ AN IOT BASED MOBILE APPLICATION TO DETECT EXPIRED VEHICLE REVENUE LICENSES IN SRI LANKA

Abstract

Sustainable development of a country is dependent upon effective management of its sources of revenue. In Sri Lanka, income from vehicles by means of Vehicle Revenue Licenses play a key role in annual income generation of the country. In addition, law enforcement on expired Revenue Licenses generates a secondary income via a process of assigning fines to offenders. Problem identified in the domain is the presence of different digital and manual systems to handle separate components of this process, mostly disintegrated form each other. Therefore, currently a gap can be identified between different government sectors involved in the process of handling Vehicle Revenue management. Thereby, a lack of coordination, and improper centralized management of the process has rendered this process to have certain loopholes, which are identified through this project. As the background research, this project focuses on analyzing various issues in the current system at place for different stakeholders, including local authorities and Vehicle owners as well. Interviews, questionnaires and referencing existing acts and regulations were sued to gather requirements of different stakeholders involved. Thereby, identified aim is to provide a technological solution to centralize the Vehicle Revenue License process. To enhance the effectiveness of Vehicle Revenue License renewal process for Vehicle owners. To enhance the effectiveness of law enforcement against offenders who have failed to adhere to Revenue License regulations in Sri Lanka. This project is to bridge these gaps between different parties involved in the Revenue Licensing process and increase the efficiency of the process for both drivers and government institutions through I-Sense, IOT based device combined with an application platform. Through the different evaluations and results obtained for the outcome of the project, it is evident that this solution would be effective in making the current Vehicle License renewal process more fruitful and convenient for all the involved parties.