The signing of the Shillong Accord had ushered in a general feeling of well-being all throughout and hope for peace and for a final solution of the twenty year old conflict once again appeared in the horizon. The immediate result was a large scale surrender of arms and personnel. The "villagers" themselves actively cooperated by contacting and persuading their underground brother s and sisters to come out and join the mainstream of life. Within no time, 5 districts of the State were move or less cleared of the underground elements. From then onwards, there was practically no problem of insurgency inside Nagaland and the peaceful atmosphere prevailed throughout facilitating a spurt of development works for the people who were already neglected for too long and suffered so much.