The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has ordered that a No Objection Certificate (NOC) must be obtained for the drinking water companies to avail the groundwater.
There are more than 1300 private companies providing drinking water services in cans under licence from BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards. Most of these companies use the groundwater as their main source of drinking water.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a letter all the State Food Safety Commissioners to prevent unauthorized siphoning of the groundwater, especially in the regions where it is already dangerously low.
The letter mentions that in order to implement the rules set by Indian Green Service, the companies which utilise the groundwater must obtain NOC (No Objection Certificate) before 31st December. They have to submit an application for this to the concerned state government department.
Whenever an application is submitted, a copy of the same and also a copy of the application for renewal request should be submitted to the Department of Food Safety. If this proof is not given, NOC must not be given and also, the licence must not be renewed.
A senior official from the Food Safety department explained that the letter issued by FSSAI has been sent to all the State Food Safety Officials. When issuing license for the can drinking water suppliers, the rules mentioned in this letter must be followed strictly.
The Secretary of the packaged drinking water Suppliers Association, T. Sureshkumar, explained that there are certain procedural regulations to be followed in getting approval from the Pollution Regulation Board. One of them is the NOC (No Objection Certificate) from the State PWD (Public Works Department).
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