NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said that the roads in his state are "better than those in the US," ANI has reported. "When I got down at Washington Airport and travelled on the roads, I felt that the roads in Madhya Pradesh are better than those in the US," Chouhan said at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum meeting in Washington.The CM added with a laugh that he wasn't "just saying this. "Few years back, Madhya Pradesh was termed 'BIMARU.' When I became the CM 12 years back, I believed that without basic infrastructure, no state can develop. Our first focus was on building the roads," he said.Chouhan is on a six-day trip to the United States to invite American investment to Madhya Pradesh.

Source: Times of India October 25, 2017 03:29 UTC