TN Pollution Control Board
Environmental data collection, automated reporting, and secure ePaygov payments.
[Screenshot] — TNPCB reporting / payment flows
Overview
A government platform focused on faster environmental data collection, automated reporting, and secure online payments through ePaygov — with SSL encryption to protect sensitive information and support regulatory compliance.
Business problem
Environmental sampling and reporting processes needed automation, while fee collection required a secure, compliant digital payment path for stakeholders.
Requirements
- • Automate environmental data collection and reporting workflows.
- • Integrate ePaygov payment gateway for secure transactions.
- • Protect sensitive data with SSL encryption.
- • Deliver usable interfaces for operational users.
- • Support MySQL/PostgreSQL data management at production scale.
Architecture
- • PHP 7 + CodeIgniter 4 MVC application architecture.
- • Relational data storage with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- • Payment gateway integration layer for ePaygov.
- • SSL-secured public and transactional endpoints.
Tech stack
Responsibilities
- • Led project development from planning through deployment.
- • Designed system architecture using PHP 7, CodeIgniter 4, and PostgreSQL/MySQL.
- • Integrated ePaygov payment gateway for secure transactions.
- • Developed user interfaces with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery.
- • Automated data collection and reporting for environmental sampling.
- • Tested, debugged, and optimized system performance.
- • Communicated with government stakeholders and provided technical solutions.
Challenges & solutions
Secure handling of payments and sensitive environmental records.
Implemented SSL encryption and payment gateway integration with careful validation and secure transaction flows.
Manual reporting slowed environmental operations.
Automated data collection and reporting pipelines to reduce operational friction.
Role
Lead
Planning to production ownership
Domain
Gov
Tamil Nadu PCB platform
Payments
Live
ePaygov integration
Lessons learned
- • Government platforms demand security and stakeholder communication as first-class concerns.
- • Payment integrations need clear error handling and auditability.
Business impact
- • Faster environmental data collection and reporting.
- • Secure digital fee collection via ePaygov.
- • Improved compliance posture with SSL-protected flows.
Future improvements
- • Richer analytics dashboards for sampling trends.
- • Stronger observability around payment reconciliation.