Manipur CM Biren Singh initiates measures to lift economic blockade

Newly-appointed Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh initiated the process to lift the over four-month long economic blockade in the state on Thrusday.

The chief minister, in a special meeting with cabinet ministers and several MLAs, agreed to take up measures to lift the blockade, BJP Media secretary L Basanta Sharma said in a release.

The move comes a day after Singh took oath as the first BJP chief minister of the state.

The United Naga Council (UNC) has blocked the national highways 2 and 37 since November one last to protest the creation of 7 new districts by the then Congress government in October last year.