As torrential rain pounded Mumbai this week, Radha Rajput was where she always is: on the pavement betweenrailway tracks and a main road. 本周暴雨袭击印度孟买,茹拉·杰普特(RadhaRajput)总是在水里:在铁路和主干道之间的路面上都是水。
The streets of India’s financial capital are her home and have been for the past 50 years. Sheand her son, his wife and their one-year-old twins have endured the challenges of seasonal rain and scorching summer heat for decades,but this downpour was a fresh nightmare. 她的家在印度金融中心的街道边上,她们在那住了50年。她和儿子、儿子的妻子、他们一岁的双胎经受了季节性雨水的挑战,几十年炎热的夏季,但是这场倾盆大雨真是一场噩梦。
“We have been sitting and sleeping on these steps, because they are a bit higher up, for days now,” said Rajput, as her daughter sat behind her picking lice out of her hair.“We can’t cook, there is no clean drinking water. The water was up to our waist. Not a single thing was dry. The rich are OK, but we’re out here with nothing.” “我们一直坐着睡在这些台阶上,因为好几天他们稍微高出水面一点,” 杰普特(Radha Rajput)说,她女儿坐在后面,拣起头发上的虱子。“我们做不了饭,没有干净的饮用水。水漫到了我们腰部。没有一样东西是干的。有钱人都没有问题,但我们什么都没有。”
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