Many residents in Kandahar have very little access to basic utilities as the infrastructure of the city has collapsed under the weight of years of conflict and poverty.

经过多年的战乱冲突以及贫穷的洗礼，城市的基础设施已经遭受严重破坏，坎大哈大部分的居民无法使用上基本的生活设施。

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Unable to capture the Leningrad (today known as Saint Petersburg), the Germans cut it off from the world, disrupting utilities and shelling the city heavily for more than two years.

由于不能完全占领列宁格勒（现在称作圣彼得堡），两年多时间里，德国人切断了该市与外界的联系，破坏了公用设施，并对该市进行了猛烈的炮击。

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For the implementation of competition in such monopoly industry as city public utilities, difference should be firstly made between natural monopoly operations and non-natural monopoly operations.

在城市公用事业这种自然垄断产业中实行竞争，首先要区别对待自然垄断性业务和非自然垄断性业务。

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The city also has teamed with regional utilities on Year 2000-related campaigns.

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Hoping to save yearly operating costs by combining utilities, the city shifted control of its water and sewer system to a not-for-profit trust that also runs the local natural gas.

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"This is the largest investment project in the city today, covering all aspects of the area, from underground utilities, transport and energy resources, " said Svetlana Murdaya of the city's agency for Urban Design Policy and Development.

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