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.

A village in south India choose to remain in dark to save just born hatching.

Tamil Nadu Village Turns off Street Lights for Over 30 Days to Protect Bird's Nest 'During the lockdown. Potthakudi village in Tamilnadu's Sivaganga district switched off its street lights off for the last 35 days to let an Oriental magpie-robin lay her eggs. According to reports, Karuppu Raja, a college student is in charge of operating the street lights in the area. When the lockdown was imposed, he saw a bird building a nest inside the switchboard.

"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," said Karuppu Raja. He wanted to allow the bird to take shelter in that spot for the following months without any hindrance and doing so meant that he could not turn on the 35 street lights placed amidst the 100 houses. To seek a solution, he soon circulated the message to others in the village through WhatsApp and took the matter to the village Panchayat.

When the boy requested me to cut the power line for a bird everyone in the village was surprised but all agreed for his kind act. The bird then had finished building the nest and kept leaves, grass, and straws all around to build a heaven. Then it laid three eggs in which two hatchings came out to see the new world. The village panchayat head said we will not disturb it till the hatchings fly in the sky.