Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the Amaravati Seed Access Road and steel bridges linking the capital region with the Vijayawada–Guntur old highway, saying the improved connectivity marks a major step towards a world-class capital. The access road is 60 metres wide, carries nine lanes and is being built in three phases. The project includes a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridor and service roads. At a public meeting he set out five guiding principles for Amaravati: a poles-free city, a blue city with water bodies, a green city with extensive greenery, a green-energy city and a deep-tech knowledge city driven by artificial intelligence and quantum computing. He said the Seed Access Road was only the beginning and that a third phase will extend the route to the national highway at Tadepalli. He said the state government will pursue decentralised development across Andhra Pradesh while positioning Amaravati as the economic capital. He recalled the farmers' movement from 2019 to 2024 and said his party had stood by the cultivators. Soil and water from sacred rivers were brought to Amaravati as symbolic blessings and a Lord Venkateswara temple has been constructed in the capital. He said Amaravati will be developed as a pollution-free deep-tech hub and envisaged an AI and Quantum Computing Valley. The capital region will include Amaravati, Mangalagiri, Tadepalli, Guntur and Vijayawada corporations. The Centre has sanctioned a 190-km Outer Ring Road and a 96-km Inner Ring Road to bolster connectivity and he expressed confidence a fully developed Amaravati will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister in 2028. He called for a collective effort to build Swarna Andhra by 2047, urging people to turn the 80th Independence Day celebrations into a movement for national development and to hoist the national flag at homes and commercial establishments. Later he inspected the completed residential complex for legislators at Rayapudi and the capital region development authority handed over 12 towers with 288 flats to the general administration department.