At least 700 birds, all open-billed storks (Anastomus Oscitans), were killed when branches of a banyan tree crashed apparently due to the increasing weight of nests, in a village in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on Monday morning. The tree is believed to be about 200 years old. The birds, mostly young storks, died as the branches of the banyan tree in which they had their colony fell into a pond. The tree is on the campus of a Buddhist monastery at Banlung village under Silonijan police station in Karbi Anglong.