Which one among the following National Parks/ Wildlife Sanctuaries is located nearer to the National Highway No. 7 between Jabalpur and Nagpur ?

Pench National Park is the most proximal to National Highway 7 (now part of NH44) on the route between Jabalpur and Nagpur. The park is located on the southern boundary of Madhya Pradesh in the Seoni and Chhindwara districts [t4]. Specifically, the Pench Tiger Reserve is situated directly on the Nagpur-Jabalpur Highway [t3][t7]. The village of Khawasa, which serves as a key entry point (Turia gate) for the park, lies exactly on this highway at the border of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra [t3][t4]. While Bandhavgarh and Panna are located in Madhya Pradesh, they are situated significantly further north and east of the Jabalpur-Nagpur corridor [t6]. Tadoba is located further south in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra [t2]. Consequently, Pench is the only park among the options that the highway physically traverses or skirts closely between these two cities [t8].