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The Bandipur Brazil corridor

The Bandipur Brazil corridor It's hard to tell who was the first in the village to really strike upon the business idea. But very soon everyone in Hangala was part of it. The sleepy and dry village at the periphery of Bandipur National Park, Karnataka, had in a mere two year's time, transformed itself into the nerve centre of a booming trade.

Hangala was selling cow dung. Auctioning it, quite literally, and making millions. The buyers came from other parts of Karnataka