India, Feb. 22 -- Over 0.21 million women have participated in awareness programmes conducted across the Gautam Budh Nagar district since September last year under the Uttar Pradesh government's Mission Shakti Phase 5.0, police said in a statement on Friday.

The programme, still ongoing, outlines the scale of outreach and enforcement under the ongoing women safety initiative.

According to data shared by the Gautam Budh Nagar police commissionerate, women beat police officers organised 7,015 programmes across village panchayats and wards. During the course, 0.16 million awareness materials were distributed, while 381 complaints resolved on the spot.

Police also conducted 394 counselling sessions, registered 25 FIRs and twoNon-Cognizable...