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Patna, Jan 7 (IANS) Ahead of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's visit to her ancestral village in Bihar, preparations are in full swing at the village and there is a general mood of festivity in the air. |
Persad-Bissessar, whose ancestors migrated from Bihar to the Caribbean islands in the 19th century, will visit Bhelupur village Jan 11.
Her ancestors are said to have migrated as Girmitiya labourers to Trinidad and Tobago, then a British colony in the Caribbean islands.
According to an official record sent by the Trinidad and Tobago government to Bihar, Persad-Bissessar's great-grandfather Ram Lakhan Mishra had left Bhelupur village in Itarhi block of Buxar district, about 125 km from here, in 1889.
An official in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's office said Persad-Bissessar, the first woman prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, will meet her relatives during the visit.
Some villagers have started repairing the roads by offering voluntary labour while others are cleaning up the village for a grand reception.
"At present, our village roads are in bad shape but we will turn them smooth for her when she will visit her ancestral house in the village on foot," said Mantu Mishra, a villager.
"The mood in the village is upbeat. People are busy doing everything to impress the daughter of the soil, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, after they got the news that she will visit them in search of her roots," said Ranjeet Kumar, a student.
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