Fuel Distribution Solution for Sri Lanka (Proposed)

Due to limited supply of fuel in the country, consumers are facing enormous difficulties to get their allocated quota pumped up for their vehicles without a hassle. Considering the need, a group of an independent and voluntary software experts decided to propose a solution to address all the problems listed in the problem statement below. This space is open for more volunteers who would like to contribute for a worthy cause.

Problem Statement

Customers are waiting in the line on the road unknowingly when can get their allocated fuel quota pumped up for their vehicles.

Proposed Solution Goals

1. Every individual should get their guaranteed fuel quota purchased in less than 10 mins in the line on the road.
2. Smart phones as well as feature phones users should be able to use the proposed solution without a hassle.
3. Availability of a Smart Phone with Fuel station staff should not be a mandatory requirement.
4. Minimize or eradicate misconduct/misuse of the system, by all stakeholders introducing active actionable feedback mechanism.

Proposed Solution

Proposed solution is twofold and is trying to address problems mentioned in the problems statement.

1. Customer request for fuel, mentioning the city that the customer is expecting to get their fuel from.

Feature phones users Send SMS with your city code XXXX to 1919. Smart phone users can login to FuelPass portal and select your city and click "Request Fuel"

2. The system notifies the customer a date and time which you get a guaranteed amount of fuel from the requested city.

Customer receives an SMS with the timeslot and the station.

Customer Request for fuel Flow Chart

Customer is required to use the phone number that was used to register on FuelPass system to request a fuel available slot.

Fuel Dispatch Flow Chart

What is Next?

1. Proposed solution is up for review. Please review the two flowcharts and provide feedback before 31st July 2022

2. Request ICTA for their preferred technology stack to be used for implementation of the solution.

3. Solution APIs to be documented.

4. Test infrastructure setup to be installed.

5. Let’s get together and implement this solution for all of us.

Thank you for your kind contribution!

Disclaimer

Please note that volunteers of this project neither host nor maintain the production solution. It is up to ICTA to review the solution and deploy in their servers as they prefer. That will prevent sensitive data being exposed to outsiders.