There are environmental concerns for the planned 8 kilometres long tunnel under Matheran Hill. But the union environment ministry’s regional empowered committee (REC) recently issued a directive to the state forest department for construction of the tunnel.
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State government gets green signal to build tunnel under Matheran Hill
www.hindustantimes.comThis is despite the presence of rich biodiversity in Matheran forests, including Maharashtra’s state animal, the Malabar Giant Squirrel, in addition to wild boars, mongoose, barking deer, large numbers of langurs and macaques, and several other...