South Indian village switches off lights for 35 days to let bird lay eggs
South Indian village switches off lights for 35 days to let bird lay eggs

A village in Tamil Nadu, south India has switched off their lights for 35 days to let a magpie-robin lay her eggs.

According to reports, college student Karuppu Raja in charge of the lights spotted the bird building a nest inside the switchboard.

Raja said: "My house is located at the end of a street where the main switch for 35 street lights is installed.

I have been turning them on at 6 p.m and switching them off at 5 a.m since childhood.

"When I stepped out of my house one afternoon, I noticed a small blue bird flying in and out of the switchboard.

Being curious, I went closer and saw that it was gathering sticks and straws.

I did not know what bird it was, but it was building a nest." The student wanted to allow the bird to take shelter meaning he could not turn on the village lights.

He let the rest of the village know his intentions via Whatsapp and they all agreed to his kind act.

The bird laid three eggs and two of them hatched.

This footage was filmed on July 19.