In March, 1944, when the operations of Imphal were begun, because the outline of the emergency measures for the decisive battles was issued, the municipal merger was banned and starting to build the city-run suburban electric train became impossible, so the plan was completely up in the air.
インパール作戦が開始された1944年3月、決戦非常措置要綱発令により町村合併は中止され、市営郊外電車施設の着工も不可能となり構想は完全に宙に浮いた。