va e , ▁jack f ruit ▁and ▁wild ▁cit rus ▁f ruits ▁and ▁wild ▁ber ries . ▁ ▁Imp act ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁And aman ▁Tr unk ▁Road ▁The ▁biggest ▁threat ▁to ▁the ▁Jar awa ▁in ▁recent ▁years ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁building ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁And aman ▁Tr unk ▁Road ▁through ▁their ▁newer ▁western ▁forest ▁hom eland ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁In ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁some ▁Jar awa ▁started ▁coming ▁out ▁of ▁their ▁forest ▁to ▁visit ▁nearby ▁settlement s ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time . ▁Within ▁months ▁a ▁serious ▁meas les ▁ep ide mic ▁broke ▁out . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁the ▁Jar awa ▁suffered ▁another ▁out break ▁of ▁meas les . ▁No ▁death s ▁were ▁reported . ▁ ▁The ▁impact ▁of ▁the ▁highway , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁w ides p read ▁enc ro achment , ▁po aching ▁and ▁commercial ▁explo itation ▁of ▁Jar awa ▁lands , ▁caused ▁a ▁law suit ▁to ▁be ▁file d ▁with ▁the ▁Cal cut ta ▁High ▁Court , ▁which ▁has ▁juris diction ▁over ▁the ▁islands . ▁The ▁case ▁es cal ated ▁to ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁India ▁as ▁a ▁Public ▁Interest ▁Lit ig ation ▁( PI L ). ▁The ▁Society ▁for ▁And aman ▁and ▁Nic obar ▁E col ogy , ▁the ▁Bomb ay ▁Natural ▁History ▁Society ▁and ▁P une - based ▁Kal p av rik sh ▁joined ▁in ▁the ▁pet ition , ▁resulting ▁in ▁a ▁land mark ▁High ▁Court ▁judgment ▁in ▁