UP: Toll plaza staff adopt new born calf which fell from vehicle

KANPUR: The staff of the Bara toll plaza adopted a newborn calf which had fallen at the toll plaza after being delivered by a cow in a moving loader.
The incident happened on Saturday when a loader coming from Kanpur side was passing through the Bara toll plaza in Akbarpur area of Kanpur Dehat district.
The members of the toll plaza said that as soon as they witnessed a calf falling from a moving loader, they rushed to its rescue and ran behind the vehicle and tried to alert its driver, but in vain.The driver, unaware of the situation, did not respond to their shouts and sped away with the vehicle.
On investigation with the help of CCTV footage, the toll plaza staff located the trace of the loader driver to Etawah.
"The driver, though accepted that the vehicle, loaded with a pregnant cow, was heading towards Etawah, but when asked to come and take back the calf, he refused, and instead asked the toll plaza staff to adopt it," said general manager of the plaza Manoj Sharma.
"We are taking full care of the calf," Sharma further said and added, "I love animals, and I feel like I am being given a chance by God and now I am doing my bit."
Praising the toll plaza staff locals of the area said that they had done a great thing by adopting the calf and giving it a safe environment to live in.