Washington Ka Baap Bhopal: A look at the capital's roads following Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's comments

On a trip to the USA to attract foreign investment, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan claimed and boasted that roads were better in Madhya Pradesh than Washington.

“When I got down at the Washington Airport and travelled on the road, I felt the roads in Madhya Pradesh are better than the United States… I am saying this not just for the sake of saying,” Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan told a business roundtable organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry and the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum in the US capital on Tuesday. IN PIC: Condition of road at South TT Nagar in the heart of Bhopal, where the smart city is proposed to be developed. (Express Photo Service | Praveen Bajpai) 

A view of potholes road in Chola Naka area of Old Bhopal where accidents regularly take place. (Express Photo Service | Praveen Bajpai)

Travelling on the road in front of Karond Agricultural Mandi on Bhopal's outskirts is a nightmare. (Express Photo Service | Praveen Bajpai)

Kohe Fiza, one of the oldest and upscale localities boast roads which the Madhya Pradesh CM can draw parallel with the roads in Washington. (Express Photo Service | Praveen Bajpai)

Commuters have to pass through this road near Moti Masjid every day, one of the busiest localities of Old Bhopal. (Express Photo Service | Praveen Bajpai)

Govindpura: Road in Govindpura Industrial Area edging the BHEL campus. (Express Photo Service | Praveen Bajpai)

The road at Kamla Nagar crossing in New Bhopal is awaiting re construction since years. (Express Photo Service | Praveen Bajpai)

The condition of the Union Carbide Road can be termed as Bhopal road tragedy. (Express Photo Service | Praveen Bajpai)

A view of the bad road near Awadhpuri Square in New Bhopal. (Express Photo Service | Praveen Bajpai)