SHILLONG: The Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department has assured people of Mawlai that the water, which being pumped through the source at Umsohlang stream in Mawlai Mawdatbaki, is fit for drinking.

A day after the members of the Hynniewtrep National Youth Front (HNYF) found that impure water being supplied to various localities in Mawlai, Additional Chief Engineer, PHE Department SK Sun refuted the allegation saying “the water is supplied after treating it properly in its plant”.