Overview
- The convoy restart began Friday, August 21, when two buses and five Winger vehicles left Imphal carrying 125 passengers and completed the route through Kangpokpi and Senapati toward Dimapur and Guwahati.
- Services ran for a second day with a larger fleet that carried more than 200 passengers as officials reported no untoward incidents on sensitive stretches of National Highway 2.
- Manipur police and central forces — including the CRPF, BSF, Assam Rifles and army — provided escorts and deployments at strategic points to secure convoys and guarantee free movement along the route.
- Officials said the move will ease heavy dependence on expensive flights for students, patients and low‑income travellers and should lower travel costs that rose after the 2023 blockades.
- Regional frictions remain fragile: separate violence in Shillong led Assam and Meghalaya to file FIRs, form a special investigation team and agree evacuation and escort plans, yet local taxi and driver protests continue to disrupt some interstate routes.