The Kerala High Court has directed the state government to carry out a socio-economic impact study with regard to the effect of "unauthorised handling" of municipal solid waste at Brahmapuram on the people living in a 5 km radius of the garbage dump site. The High Court directed the Additional Chief Secretary to order the Ernakulam District Collector to carry out the study and place a report before it, reported PTI.

The report should give the impact on the health of the people living within 500 metre radius of the site, 2 km radius and 5 km radius, the court said.
"The study can be on random samples to be decided by the District Administration," it said.