The bandh paralyzed life in Naga-dominated areas in Senapati, Ukhrul, Tamenglong and Chandel districts. There has been no report of untoward incidents so far. Key supply routes to land-locked Manipur - the Imphal-Dimapur and Imphal-Jiribam highways - pass through these hill districts and commercial vehicles have also stopped plying within the state.
A district police officer told TOI that more than 50 vehicles, including interstate passenger and good vehicles coming towards Imphal, have been stranded at Mao gate since midnight on Monday. There is no immediate arrangement to escort the stranded vehicles towards Imphal and security has been increased in the affected areas, he added.
Denouncing what it termed "the unabated communal policies of the state government," UNC, an apex body of various Naga civil bodies of the state, enforced the bandh from Monday midnight. The organization wants the Centre to pay heed to its key demand - alternative arrangement (AA) for Nagas living in Manipur. The seventh round of tripartite talks on AA, involving the council, the state and the Centre, was held on February 6 at the Senapati district headquarters.
Chandel Naga People's Organization (CNPO) enforced the bandh in Chandel district, while Zeliangrong Baudi (ZB), Manipur, and Zeliangrong Youth Front (ZYF), Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, enforced it in Tamenglong, sources said. Other constituent units of UNC are participating in the bandh in Senapati and Ukhrul.