Tongbram Bijiyshanti a 27-year-old woman innovator from Manipur’s Bishenpur district  made thread and cloth from lotus stem is now working to make mask from the stalk of the same plant.

She is resident of Thanga Tongbram locality in the vicinity of the state’s famous Loktak lake, she is along with 15 women who are involved in the project and is training 20 more women.

Lotus plants grow in large numbers in Loktak lake. Bijiyshanti said she made thread and cloth from lotus stem for her start-up programme in 2018-19. Her product was sent to a Gujarat laboratory which gave the green signal for it.

Also a botany graduate, she said: “I researched on the production methodology mostly from the internet and got into the field back in 2017-18, when a teacher of mine told me to come up with an idea to serve as a source of living.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the innovative efforts of Bijiysanti in his Mann ki Baat radio programme.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has also appreciated the innovative efforts of Bijiyshanti to make thread and clothes from lotus stem.

The chief minister said Bijiyshanti’s start-up to develop thread from lotus-stem have opened new avenues in the field of lotus farming and textile.

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