The water pipes that were seized from Meghalaya by police from Assam were finally returned to their rightful owners, the Public Health Engineering Department of Meghalaya.
They were meant for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission by the Meghalaya government at Ummat village in Ri-Bhoi but were seized by Assam police on January 6 after a lawmaker from West Karbi Anglong, Rupsing Teron, paid a visit to Ummat and instructed the police to seize 117 pipes after claiming that the project to provide water connections was being carried out on Assam territory.
According to sources, the Assam police returned the GI pipes in the presence of officials from the PHE Department and in the presence of Ri-Bhoi police.
