Tungareshwar WLS

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Context

• The Surya Regional Water Supply Project has achieved a milestone by completing the tunnelling work of the Tungareshwar tunnel recently.

Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

• Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary also known as Tungareshwar National Park is located on a plateau east of Vasai and Virar in Palghar district, north of Mumbai in Maharashtra.
• The sanctuary forms a corridor between Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary.
• Biodiversity is rich here, about 600 species of plants, over 250 species of birds, 150 species of butterflies and 36 species of herpetofauna have been recorded.

Courtesy: PMF

https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-news-mmrda-achieves-breakthrough-in-tungareshwar-tunnel-to-cross-wildlife-sanctuary