Udupi, Aug 8, 2014: Residents of Settibettu ward in Udupi CMC limits have voluntarily taken steps to close an open borewell located close by a government school in the area, in the wake of the recent case of a little boy falling into an open borewell and losing his life at Bagalkot.
In Udupi, the open borewell located at Parkala on the turn leading to the Shree Vishnumurthi Temple and adjacent to the Primary Health Centre. Sensing danger from the same, former councillor Ramdas Nayak, social worker Ganesh Raj Saralebettu, Swagath Friends President Mohandas Nayak and others took the initiative to close the borewell with the help of locals including Anganavadi worker Shashikala Shetty and Ahalya, local school headmistress.