chennai chief minister m k stalin on tuesday blamed the previous aiadmk governments inaction and corruption for water logging in the city and said a probe panel will be set up to investigate irregularities in spending crores of rupees allocated by the centre for smart city projects former chief minister edappadi k palaniswami rejected the allegations and accused the dmk government of spreading slander and failing in its responsibility to take steps to prevent the deluge talking to reporters after reviewing flood relief work in chennai on tuesday stalin said action would be taken on erring contractors who were entrusted with smart city project work no work was done by municipal administration department under s p velumani they were only receiving commission he said once the rain relief work is completed an inquiry would be conducted he said stalins attack comes days after opposition parties including the aiadmk and the bjp accused the dmk government of failing to foresee the monsoon situation and take precautionary measures to mitigate them on the rain situation in chennai the cm said relief work was being carried out by the government and by the dmk we are providing food shelter and medical assistance to the affected people the cm saidstalin said gradually the situation was improving in chennai water logging has come down to some extent but not fully he said earlier stalin visited various rainhit areas and reviewed the relief measuresresponding to stalin bjp treasurer s r sekar demanded that the state government drop its vendetta politics targeting the aiadmk and instead focus on relief work