However, the blockade on the more strategic National Highway 2, enforced by the United Naga Council (UNC), continued. The Kuki organisation imposed a counter-economic blockade on July 27. It intensified this into a total shutdown on August 5 protesting a selective economic blockade by certain Naga and Meitei groups targeting the Kuki community. He hoped that the government would be able to ensure the free movement of trucks on NH-2 soon. A government delegation met the UNC leadership on Monday (August 10, 2026) to persuade it to lift the blockade.