lands have been grabbed by various realtors cultivable lands in rushikonda anandapuram madhurawada bheemili parawada and sabbavaram along with vepagunta and pendurthy kommadi were already converted into layouts a couple of years ago after the sez proposal in atchyutapuram mandal was finalised 20000 acres of farm and barren lands were converted into layouts by the realtors but not a single construction has taken place in these layouts over the last five years lalam ramu naidu of rambillli told toi the focus has shifted to a few mandals in the districts and locals fear there are plans to take over other cultivable lands for industrial purposes there is no foresight if the government continues in this manner we might land up in facing a huge scarcity of food grains a majority of the vegetable farm lands have already turned into colonies and townships on the outskirts of the greater city the government now needs to develop vegetable farming zones on an urgent basis cpi district secretary j satyanarayana murthy demanded