New Delhi, July 28 - The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which was blamed by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday for the chaos in the national capital after heavy rains Monday, sought to pass the responsibility to other agencies.

'Unfortunately, time and again, we are being blamed even for the problems that are happening in Public Work Department (PWD) and New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) areas and roads although we have no control over them,' Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain said in a letter to the chief minister.

He said Delhi received the highest rainfall Monday evening since 2006.

'The MCD, after learning from its past experiences, took all necessary steps, such as desilting of drains and checking sensitive points for waterlogging, due to which the menace of waterlogging was tackled to a large extent in most of the MCD areas.'

'But most of the sensitive points on the Ring Road, Outer Ring Road, other PWD roads as well as prominent NDMC areas such as India Gate, Connaught Place and Chanakyapuri faced severe waterlogging, causing huge traffic jams, breakdown of vehicles and inconvenience to the citizens of Delhi.'

He said he had requested Dikshit to direct the heads of departments concerned to ask the officials responsible why there was so much waterlogging on these roads.

Dikshit had slammed the MCD for the chaos of Monday night.