Such vehicles will be removed from the information system of the Department,Motor Traffic Commissioner General Nishantha Anuruddha Weerasinghe disclosed .

The MTD has launched countrywide investigation to detect those vehicles while informing all provincial councils to submit reports relating to this matter of nonpayment of revenue license fees.

He said that although 8.3 million vehicles have currently been registered in the Department of Motor Traffic, only 6 million vehicles have been registered through the QR code system.

Accordingly the department has come to a conclusion around 2.3 million vehicles are not in use at present.