NORTH LAKHIMPUR, March 20 -- With the world celebrating World Sparrow Day today, an unknown village in Lakhimpur has become a great partner in preserving and protecting the lovely and the common house sparrow, one of the most ubiquitous birds on earth and also one of the oldest companions of human beings. The entire village is in love with this tiny bird.
Borbali Chamuah, a village in Lakhimpur has been providing artificial nests for the house sparrow for last six years for which the bird, facing a steep decline, is surviving the scares of environmental degradation. The village which has more than ten dozen households has been contributing immensely for the preservation of this species with nets made from wooden, paper and cardboard boxes....