`Delhiites should change behaviour before C`Wealth Games`

New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) Delhiites, change the way you
behave.

This was the message Home Minister P Chidambaram gave to
Delhiites today ahead of the Commonwealth Games next year.

He pointed out that Germany and China had made enormous
efforts to change their citizens' habits before hosting mega
sporting events.

"We cannot expect mega city policing function properly if
people do not change their behaviour. We still find vehicles
jumping red lights and police vehicles are not excluded, they
too jump red lights," he said at a function here to inaugurate
22 newly-created police stations here.

"Then there are vehicles running without 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," Chidambaram 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 people behave so that they
become more caring and sharing.

Chidambaram said people should seize the opportunity
presented by the Commonwealth Games to change their behaviour.

"People come to Delhi. This is the capital and we cannot
stop people. But if they come to Delhi, they themselves will
have to adhere to the behavioural requirement, the discipline
of the city," he said. (MORE) PTI