India, March 4 -- Manipur governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla chaired a security review meeting at Raj Bhavan in Imphal on Tuesday, following Union home minister Amit Shah's March 1 directive to security forces to ensure free movement of people on all roads in the strife-torn state starting March 8.

According to a statement issued by Raj Bhavan, the governor's meeting was a follow-up to the March 1 high-level security review meeting chaired by Amit Shah in New Delhi.

The home minister's directive asked to ensure free movement on all roads in Manipur, including the national highways (Dimapur-Imphal-Moreh and Imphal-Silchar via Jiribam).

The situation, however, remains volatile in the state as the Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU), a Kuki body, st...