A calf injured in a collision with a truck was taken to the hospital for treatment.

The bovine was struck by a reckless driver in the Yamuna Colliery area under the Kotma block of the Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh, on March 24. It was left lying on the ground until help arrived two days later.

The Atal Kamdhenu Gau Sewa Sansthan team, led by the NGO's chairman, Gaurav Mishra, came to the aid of the stray calf.

Footage shows the distressed animal carried by a group of men before being placed on a truck. It was given first aid, with a bandage seen on its leg.

Authorities drove 150 km and brought the calf to the Shahdol Institute for necessary treatment.

India has hundreds of thousands of cows roaming its streets.

It is party due to devout locals who follow Hindu customs, with cows regarded as sacred animals that cannot be eaten or slaughtered once they have stopped producing milk. The majority of states ban the sale or slaughter of cows.

Instead of dealing with the economic burden of keeping their spent cattle, many farmers let the beasts roam the streets - leading to chaos when the animals become agitated and turn their fury on humans.