New Delhi, Sep 22 - Delhi authorities and experts Tuesday welcomed Home Minister P. Chidambaram's advise to Delhiites to change their behaviour before the 2010 Commonwealth Games, saying steps are being taken to bring such changes.

'I fully agree with the home minister's views and Delhi definitely needs a change for it to become a world class city in all possible terms. We have already started efforts for this via our schemes and coordinating with the RWAs (resident welfare associations). We welcome and support his viewpoint and are striving to achieve the same,' Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain told IANS.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit took the cue and said a campaign will soon be launched to make people in the national capital aware about the need for behavioural changes.

Earlier in the day, Chidambaram said Delhiites needed to change some of their habits if visitors to the Commonwealth Games next year were to carry a good impression about the host city.

'We cannot expect mega city policing to 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,' Chidambram said after inaugurating 22 new police stations in the capital at a function.

'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,' the home minister said.

Transport expert V.K. Arora said the government should take stringent measures.

'The home minister is true as we need to learn etiquettes while driving or crossing roads. In India, enforcement makes people work and the government should take stringent measures to ensure that people follow traffic rules,' said Arora, who is a transport expert with Safety and Quality Forum of Institute of Engineers.