Hyderabad, Feb. 6 -- YSR Congress Party on Thursday demanded that the Telugu Desam Party-led coalition government should resume the works on the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Project on Krishna River taken up during the previous Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy regime and complete the project at any cost.

The party held a big rally under the banner of "Chalo Pothireddypadu" at Pothulapadu village in Nandikotkur of Nandyal district, attended by leaders and farmer groups from Rayalaseema, Nellore and Prakasam.

Addressing the rally, YSRCP state coordinator Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy alleged that the project works had come to a halt during the present Chandrababu Naidu government, which he said would turn Rayalaseema region into a desert.

He said the pa...