Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today laid the foundation stone to develop the stretch on River Krishna from Muktyal to Vijayawada as part of the 4th National Waterway at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh. <br/><br/>The 82-km inland waterway is the Phase-1 of the National Waterway-4 under the Sagar Mala project and will be used mainly for transportation of cement and construction material for the new capital city Amaravati. <br/><br/>Speaking on the occasion, the Vice President said, the new capital city, Amaravati will get connected with this through all modes of transport like by air, waterways and by roads. <br/><br/>The project will have four floating terminals and three fixed terminals to handle cargo operations.<br/><br/>Speaking on the occasion, Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari assured that all highway projects sanctioned to Andhra Pradesh state will be completed on time. <br/><br/>Stating that the Centre is committed for timely completion of transport projects, the minister assured people of Andhra Pradesh that the multi-purpose Polavaram project will be completed before general elections to be held in 2019. <br/><br/>Stating that the road development is buoyant in the country, Mr Gadkari said currently 28 kilo meters of national highways are being added every day. He also said the Centre sanctioned projects worth over 1 lakh 27 thousand crore rupees to the state under Sagarmala project. <br/><br/>Seven National Highway projects in the state have also been dedicated to the nation on the occasion.<br/><br/>Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu have also taken part in the programme.<br/><br/>