T.N. Water Resources Department to move groundwater extraction NOC process online
Tamil Nadu's Water Resources Department will soon streamline groundwater extraction NOC approvals by moving the process online.
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The Water Resources Department (WRD) will soon shift to an online system for issuing no-objection certificates (NOC) for groundwater extraction by industries and commercial users in Tamil Nadu. It is expected to improve the monitoring of approvals and streamline the clearance process.The State Ground and Surface Water Data Centre, WRD, provides no-objection certificates manually to water-based industries for groundwater extraction through sinking borewells.Officials of the WRD said work is in progress to issue fresh NOCs through the online portal in about a month.Of the total 1,202 revenue firkas across the State, nearly 386 firkas have been categorised as over-exploited and 62 others as critical groundwater zones based on the Dynamic Groundwater Resource Assessment as of March 2025.
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