Ape Para V2.0

About

Ape Para (අපේ පාර, “our road”) is a civic reporting app for Sri Lanka. Most people who spot a pothole, a pile of rubbish or a dead street light don’t know which authority handles it, so nothing gets reported. Ape Para removes that step. How it works Snap and pin. Choose a category, describe the problem, attach a photo and drop a pin on the map, or use your phone’s location. Automatic routing. The report goes to the right authority based on its category and GPS location: the Municipal Council for potholes and garbage, the CEB for street lights, and the Water Board for drainage. If the pin falls just outside a boundary, it goes to the nearest matching authority. Anything that can’t be matched is flagged for an admin to assign. Track it live. Reports move through Submitted, In review, In progress and Resolved. Citizens get an in-app notification the moment the status changes. Three kinds of users Citizens report issues and follow their own reports. Field workers see only the reports assigned to their department and update their status. Admins see everything, reassign reports, manage departments and give people staff roles. Why it’s different It answers “who do I tell?” for the citizen, so they only need to describe the problem. It’s mobile-friendly, bilingual in branding (Sinhala and English), and designed for accessibility with large touch targets, keyboard support and clear contrast. It runs on a free-tier stack, so a pilot costs almost nothing to run. Version history: v1 was a desktop application. v2.0 is a full rebuild as a web app that works in any browser, on any phone, with no install. Stage: early prototype with a Colombo pilot. The department boundaries in the demo are approximate placeholders, not official data, and the project isn’t affiliated with any government authority. I’m sharing it to find out whether communities and local bodies would actually use it.

Team

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  Angelo kannangara

  Founder

Links

• Website