pune the city unit of the people for animals pfa will inaugurate an animal care centre near holkarwadi later this week for street animals union minister for women and child development maneka gandhi will be in the city on september 18 to inaugurate the centre people who have dedicated their lives to welfare of stray animals will also be felicitated on the occasion a statement issued by the pfa said that of the four shelters in pune three have nearly closed down one of them has been declared defunct by the high court while another one is on the verge of closing down the third shelter is running with limited resources the pfa shelter in its first phase will require 12 acre land while the second phase of the project will get another 12 acre land the entire project will cost rs 14 crore of which rs 80 lakh was raised through donations while the trustees of the organization gave rs 50 lakh the pfa also has three animal ambulances running in the city that will be able to bring injured animals to the centre