Claim: A village in Tamil Nadu went without electricity for 35 days to safeguard a bird's nest and its hatchlings.
Fact-check: The Pothakudi village in Tamil Nadu did not experience a complete power outage for 35 days to protect a bird's nest - FACTLY
Verdict: in 2020, the people in pothakudi village in tamil nadu's sivaganga district voluntarily shut off the streetlights in their village for 35 days to safeguard the eggs of a female oriental magpie robin that used the village's electricity board control box as its nest. only the control switch that powers the 35 streetlights in the village was turned off for the sake of the three eggs nestled in the bird's nest. the village did not experience a complete power outage during those 35 days to protect a bird's nest. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2023-09-01T09:02:20