A cow was rescued by a group of villagers in northern India after it fell into a 6ft deep drain.

In the video, people can be seen tying the four-legged animal and pulling it out using a crane.

Slowly but gradually the cow is lifted and placed out of the drain. The marathon rescue operation ran for almost 40 minutes before the cow was pulled out.

The cow was released on the road as soon as it was out of it.

An eyewitness said, “It was a cow this time, what if a person had fallen into it and died instead of the cow? The municipal authorities are too callous.”

Villagers have blamed the municipal authorities for not checking on stray animals and also for leaving the drains uncovered.

A cow was rescued by the people after it fell into a 6-ft-deep drain in the Farrukhabad of Uttar Pradesh in India.

The cow was rescued by the people after few onlookers spotted it falling into the drain while walking.

They brought a JCB crane and tried to pull out the animal from the drain.

In the video captured by one of the road users, the people can be seen tying the four-legged animal and pulling it out.

Slowly but gradually the cow is lifted and placed out of the drain. The marathon rescue operation ran for almost 40 minutes before the cow was pulled out.

The cow was released on the road as soon as it was out of it.

The people have now blamed the municipal authorities for not able to keep a check on the stray animals and also for leaving the drains uncovered.

An eyewitness said, “It was a cow this time, what if a person had fallen into it and died instead of the cow? The municipal authorities are too callous.”

The stray animal has been a perennial problem on the Indian roads, the owners leave the cattle loose to feed openly in order to save the cost on fodders.

Such stray animals pose risk not only for themselves but also for people around.