There is a change in approach regarding hyar, the next step will be to decrease their ss. The way I look at it is if these are the numbers we get with very little progress, then the numbers will hopefully increase when they make it more interesting. It's good that hyar didn't bring more viewers.
Udaan never enjoyed the same numbers as some other shows, take YHM as the latest example, ishita's return from death shot them to 1st place while KN's death could only bring us 4th.
I think the leap was mainly to renew Sukor's story because MUs didn't work with the viewers so they had to find another way: new villains and resetting of the love story.