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Under Debt of Rs 10 Lakh 23 Years Ago, This Bamboo Farmer Now Earns Rs 1 Crore a Year

By Himanshu Nitnaware

Today, Rajshekhar Patil, who hails from Nipani village in Osmanabad, is a successful bamboo farmer. But his story was not always the same. Over 23 years, he worked hard to remove himself from crushing debt left behind by a paralysed father and today, earns around Rs 1 crore by growing around 50 varieties of bamboo on his farm. He has also worked to make his village drought-free