As a result, Kanpur has the most widespread water poverty of any major Indian city: a third of its residents get by on less than 13 gal. (50 l) per day.
结果,坎普尔是印度城市中水荒最严重的地区:三分之一的居民每天得到的水少于13加仑(50升)。
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But there isn't enough water in the reservoir, and Sonia Vihar has been operating below its expected capacity of 140 million gal. (530 million l) per day for the past two years.
Several times a day, Devi drapes a red sari above her blue eyes, hoists a 2.5-gal. (10 l) brass vessel atop her head and walks to the nearest hand pump.