Explanation:

  Uttar Pradesh urban development minister Suresh Khanna inaugurated the state’s first shelter home for stray cattle in Bareilly city. Built on 2.8 hectares of land at Kharaula in Parsakhera area, the shelter home has been developed by a private agency hired by Bareilly Municipal Corporation. The project has been developed at a cost of around Rs 4.5 crore under the state government’s ‘Kanha Pashu Ashray Yojana’. Agra is also planning to open a shelter home to house 5,000 stray animals at Naraich in Trans Yamuna locality.
The shelter home for stray cattle (Kanha Upvan Pashu Ashray Grih) is Uttar Pradesh’s first shelter home developed in Bareilly to give refuge to stray cattle. The shelter home has been developed in Parsakhera under BMC’s Nadausi ward number 37. It will accommodate around 1,000-1,500 stray cattle. At the shelter home, BMC has developed a pond spread over 1,500 sq m and a system of rain water harvesting has also been installed.