The United Naga Council (UNC) lifted the economic blockade in Manipur after 130 days from Sunday midnight.

The decision was taken following an agreement reached during a tripartite talk on Sunday involving two UNC constituents -- All Naga Students' Association Manipur (ANSAM) and Naga Women Union (NWU) -- and representatives of the central and Manipur governments.

The UNC agreed to lift the blockade as the government assured them to address all their issues.

The blockade was imposed on November 1 in protest against the creation of seven new districts. The Nagas maintain that the "lands of the Nagas" left by their forefathers cannot be taken away in this manner.  

Several trucks were torched, drivers attacked and security personnel ambushed by unidentified persons along the highways during the blockade.

Manipur had been reeling under acute shortage of all essential commodities, including fuel, due to the blockade. Hardly 300 trucks and oil tankers could lift essential commodities twice a week, which proved to be the proverbial drop in the ocean.