PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says citizens must remember the contributions made by their ancestors to building Trinidad and Tobago and commit to continuing those efforts.

In her Indian Arrival Day message to the nation, Persad-Bissessar said, "I urge all citizens to always remember that, no matter what our backgrounds may be or which motherland all our ancestors once called home, we remain the privileged inheritors of this great nation they came to and sacrificed their lives to build for us."

She added, "Let us never forget, then, our duty to their memory – to continue to build our TT into a place of peace, tolerance, happiness, and progress for all of our citizens.