Women from a UP village are turning a weed that chokes waterways into handmade fashion; their creations have now reached the Lakmé Fashion Week runway

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• Women in a village in Uttar Pradesh are turning dried water hyacinth, an invasive weed that clogs waterways, into handcrafted bags, baskets and other products.
• Designer Anurag Gupta, who grew up in Siddharthnagar district, started the project in Biskohar to create income for women facing social stigma and limited livelihoods.