India, March 1 -- Ahead of the upcoming festival season, the Gautam Budh Nagar police commissionerate organised 165 "peace committee meetings" with local residents and community leaders across Noida, Central Noida and Greater Noida to appeal for calm, communal harmony and cooperation, officials said on Saturday.

According to the police, a total of 49 meetings were organised across nine police station areas in the Noida zone, 50 meetings across eight police station areas in Central Noida, and 66 meetings across nine police station areas in the Greater Noida zone.

In addition, a central peace committee meeting was convened on Friday at the police commissionerate office in Sector 108. The meeting was chaired by additional police commission...