NEW DELHI: Days after Delhi government ministers mocked the Haryana government for the massive gridlock in Gurgaon , the capital came to a halt on Monday due to rain.Waterlogging on almost all the major arterial roads lead to massive traffic snarls in south and central Delhi. Ring Road and Outer Ring Road, which carry the bulk of traffic, were the worst-affected. Traffic police said about 50% of the complaints received since morning pertained to waterlogging that caused jams in Jasola, Okhla, Apollo (towards Ashram), RTR towards IIT gate, Chelmsford Road towards Paharganj, Sarai Kale Khan towards DND, Sarita Vihar, Ashok Vihar, Defence Colony flyover and INA among others.Areas like Sarai Kale Khan, IP flyover, Ashram, Lajpat Nagar, Moti Bagh, AIIMS flyover, IIT flyover, Adchini, Nelson Mandela Marg, Dhaula Kuan, Greater Kailash, Chirag Dilli, Zakhira, Chandgi Ram Akhara, South Extension, Peeragarhi, Laxmi Nagar and Geeta Colony had ankle-deep water that slowed down traffic.Residents blamed the civic agencies for not carrying out desilting work before monsoon. “Due to the incompetence of civic agencies, the people are suffering. Potholes have appeared on most of the roads and even light showers result in massive waterlogging,“ said Chetan Sharma, president of Greater Kailash II RWA.Police officers said the emergency response teams that were created last week to deal with waterlogging were pressed into service to divert vehicles. Traffic around Dhaula Kuan was severely affected due to a breakdown near Sardar Patel Marg, which was only removed later in the evening.Police said a report regarding the choke points was sent to the civic bodies, but nothing happened as they kept on passing the buck.Senior corporation officials, though, said they had desilted all the drains. “We have desilted our drains and waterlogging is reported in areas under PWD. Corporation drains are connected with PWD drains and if their drains are not cleared on time then it results in backflow of drain water,“ said a senior official from South Corporation.“I inspected the areas under our jurisdiction on Monday evening after the rain and none of our areas were affected. PWD roads were choked as desilting work was not finished. We have written numerous letters to PWD to ensure drains are desilted,“ said Satya Sharma, mayor of East Corporation. But the civic bodies don't have enough machines to desilt drains. For instance, the South Corporation has only two super suction machines to cater to its 265 drains in 104 wards.Likewise, North and East corporations have one super suction machine each to carry out desilting in their 104 and 64 wards respectively . Senior politicians said corporations claimed to have finished desilting work every year but flooding happens.“We have been raising this issue for a long time but no action has been taken. South Corporation has only two super suction machines.Most of the drains are covered and this machine can pull out silt from the entire stretch. But we have been rotating them between 104 wards and many drains are left out,“ said Virender Kasana, former central zone chairman and CR Park councillor. But house chief Subhash Arya claimed that due to high cost of super suction machine, South Corporation had floated a tender to procure eight jetting-cum-suction machines. “A super suction machine costs Rs 3 crore to Rs 4 crore,“ said Arya.PWD officials said they hadn't received reports of any major waterlogging anywhere. “Water did accumulate at various points during the rain but drained soon af ter. Our staff is on the ground, cleaning drains and draining water from whereever we are getting complaints,“ said a PWD official.