Butthere isn'tenoughwaterin the reservoir, andSoniaVihar has been operating below itsexpectedcapacityof 140 million gal. (530 million l) per day for the pasttwoyears.
An overnight train from Delhi and a daylong Jeep ride along crumbling cliff-face roads had brought me to Sankri, a hillside outpost on the southern rim of Govind Pashu Vihar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary.