With an aim to sensitise commuters about safe travel in the wake of incidents of people getting stuck in trains, Delhi Metro will launch a week-long awareness campaign from February 21 during which they will be educated and conselled about various issues related to safety.

The decision to launch the campaign was taken by new Delhi Metro chief Mangu Singh at a meeting on Monday when he reviewed the performance of the organisation after he took over last month following E Sreedharan's retirement.

Over 150 volunteers from Northern Railway Bharat Scouts and Guides will be deployed at major inter-change stations like Rajiv Chowk, Kashmere Gate and Central Secretariat and Chandi Chowk stations from February 21 to February 27.

During the week-long awareness campaign, the volunteers would educate the commuters for safe handling while entering or exiting from the train at stations and would also interact with passengers.

The aim of the campaign is to educate commuters about safe travel on Metro such as boarding and deboarding, queuing for borading an using escalators, DMRC spokesman Anuj Dayal told PTI.

The campaign comes in the wake of incidents of people getting stuck in trains, which the Delhi Metro says was due to software malfunctioning.

Volunteers will be deputed near the train's doors to guide the passengers for safe handling of train's door and they will also distribute phamplets of safe travel during the campaign.

During the meeting, Singh also ordered special cleanliness drives in areas around Metro stations and asked the authorities to rope in other civic agencies for these drives.