Karnataka State Permanent Backward Classes Commission Chairperson K. Jayaprakash Hegde said that the silver jubilee celebrations of the formation of Udupi district will be organised in a grand way. Udupi district will complete 25 years of its formation on August 25. As taluks in Udupi were parts of Dakshina Kannada before the new district was formed, residents of the district had to visit far-away Mangalore and spend the whole day for their works. While Shiroor on the northern border of the then Dakshina Kannada district was 130 km away from Mangalore, Hosangadi on the eastern border was 122 km away.

The celebrations will continue till January 2023 by organising different programmes at the taluk and district levels. Deputy Commissioner M. Kurma Rao said that the district administration was geared up to hold the celebrations without any flaw. All preparations will be made ahead of the celebrations.