As per the directive of the High Court, the District and Sessions Judge had visited the trenching ground on August 12, 2009, and submitted the report before the court. In the report, the judge had summed up the situation in the trenching ground then as ‘we could not find even stray dogs in the locality, the presence of which will normally can be expected near dirt. We could not find any birds or even crows. May be because it may not be possible even for such creatures to withstand the stinking in the area. If right to life is even mere animal existence, it remains only as a mirage in the area. If right to life is that of a decent and dignified life, then it is not even a dream for these poor and hapless residents of the area.” Following the submission of the report, the High Court had directed the corporation to take urgent steps to clear the waste from the trenching ground within two weeks.

After the visit, the Judge told newsmen that he would submit the report on inspection on Tuesday before the High Court within four days.

He said that while there was some improvement in the cleanliness of the area where the treatment plant was working, the steps taken by the Corporation had not mitigated the grievances of people residing around the trenching ground.

Officials of the State Pollution Control Board, Secretary of Thrissur Corporation, Health Standing Committee Chairman, and members of Laloor Malineekarna Virudha Samiti, were present at the trenching ground during the inspection.