Udupi, 17 Mar 2017: Belle gram panchayat past president Rajendra Shetty and the villagers opposed to include Belle and Kattingeri villages of Udupi taluk into the newly-announced Kaup taluk.
The people of both Belle and Kattingeri were depended on Udupi taluk centre for all their official work, because it has many bus services from there. The poor bus services to newly-formed Kaup taluk centre discourages them to switch over.
Accordingly, Rajendra Shetty wrote a letter to Kaup MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake to review the announcement citing inconvenience to the people.