 Greetings and congratulations for the seventy-third Independence Day. These seventy-two years since India became independent, many great strides the nation has taken in terms of economy, business, science, technology and establishing the sovereignty of the nation. All these things have been done. But in our hunger for development, in trying to fulfill the possibilities for the population that we have, because we must understand when we got independence in 1947, the average life expectancy of an Indian was twenty-eight years. So today it's nearly seventy or more, so we've come a long way as a nation. In all these efforts, one thing that's taken a big hit is our soil and water. We must free India of water crisis. This should be our pledge. Attaining political freedom is one thing, but ensuring that many generations of people who will be in this nation beyond us also live well is an important commitment that we need to take. Let us free India of water crisis and ensure that future generations will live wonderfully well in this nation.