Delhiites should mend ways before C'Wealth Games

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) Delhiites should seize the
opportunity provided by the Commonwealth Games and mend their
ways to present the capital as an international city, Home
Minister P Chidambaram Tuesday said

"We should seize the opportunity of the Commonwealth
Games to change our behavioural pattern. We must behave as
(residents of) an international city," he said here after
inaugurating a police station.

Observing that people in the city often do not obey
traffic rules, he said the national capital needs to change
its mindset.

"People should change their behaviour. We have noticed
over many years that the behaviour of people has not changed.
Vehicles are jumping red lights, even police vehicles are
jumping red lights.

"Some are moving (in their vehicles) without having
registration plates, some are crossing roads where they should
not. People are not using overground or underground passes. We
want to encourage people to change their mindset," he said.

His comments came after Delhi Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit said at the function that her Government was starting
a campaign to change the way the society behaves so that it
becomes more caring and also sharing.

Germany and Beijing also underwent a change in the way
people behaved before hosting major sporting events. PTI SJY
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