pune the khadki cantonment board kcb has decided to build a new cattle shed following repeated citizens complaints of stray cattle wandering on the streets blocking vehicular movement and posing the risk of accidentthe proposal in this regard was discussed and approved at the general body meeting on april 28 we have sought the opinion of the station headquarter khadki on the project since the selected land for it is under their management said a senior official from the cantonment boardthe new shed will accommodate as many as 500 cattle unlike the existing one which can only house 300 robin baleja the chief executive officer of the kcb told toi we have conducted the survey of the stray cattle and found at least 500 stray cows within the kcb limits as a result we have decided to construct a new cattle shed however the timeframe for the completion of the project is not fixed yet the authorities saidat present the kcb levies rs 30 per cow per month as shelter charges the board generates rs 9000 in revenue from the facility built on one acre of land kcb officials saidthe problem of stray cattle is more acute in busy areas like khadki bazaar ankush koul a software engineer who travels through the kcb limits daily said often cows come in front of my vehicles in the khadki area they can be seen sitting in the middle of the road toodilip pawar a resident said the cantonment authorities should have imposed a heavy fine against the cattle owners for allowing the animals to wander on the roads to stop the menace