visakhapatnam the proposal to set up the executive capital of the state at vizag city has farmers worried that fertile land will pass out of their hands for construction work on the capital the capital construction works pass through their farm landsfarmers in villages in anandapuram and padmanabham mandals under the bheemili assembly constituency in visakhapatnamvelanki girijala yenugupalem mucharla and sontyam among othershave been cultivating vegetables and flowers on around 250 acres and paddy on 200 acres for the past few decades pa naidu a farmer from anandapuram said if we sell our lands we will get a onetime sum but will also lose our livelihoods adding that real estate agents have started to purchase farm land in the two mandalsanandapuram is one of the key suppliers of vegetables and flowers for vizag the variety of brinjal grown in velanki is also popular in the region k lokanadham district secretary of communist party of india marxist said the executive capital would not promote development of the region or generate employment but hasten the takeover of farmlands in and around the city a section of farmers are hopeful that setting up the executive capital here would push up land prices while others fear loss of livelihood lokanadham addedon average each farmer in the anandapuram and padmanabham region gets at a profit of at least rs 50000 per acre in a year by cultivating vegetables and a profit of rs 1 lakh per acre for growing flowers said p ramu a farmer most farmers in the region grown tomato beans okra and cauliflowermembers of confederation of real estate developers association of india credai vizag chapter stated that farmers would sell their lands if realtors offered lucrative prices the real estate sector on the citys outskirts and in neighbouring vizianagaram district would also be given a boost they saidthe requirement of vegetables in the city stands between 6000 to 7000 quintals a day at present if the executive capital is set up here this requirement will increase over time and the city may face a shortage of supply if farm land in anandapuram is taken over for real estate projects