I-Dachigam – Abakhenkethi beHolide eKashmir banenye into ekufuneka bayibone abangakwaziyo ukuyiphosa—i-Hangul, ekuphela kweentlobo ezisindileyo zosapho lwe-Asiatic Red Deer.
Bonke abakhenkethi kufuneka baqhube behla baye eDachigam National Park, malunga ne-22km ukusuka eSrinagar, apho ixhama "elisengozini kakhulu" linokubonwa ngexesha le-safaris elungiselelwe ngokukhethekileyo ngexabiso le-Rs 125 kuphela uhambo.
Urhulumente namhlanje uvule ipaki ye-141sqkm, indawo yokugcina ye-Hangul emdaka kunye neempondo ezimbini, kwiindwendwe njengenxalenye yesicwangciso esikhulu sokunyusa ukhenketho lwe-eco. Amanani amaxhama ehle aya malunga ne-150 ukusuka ku-2,000 ngo-1947.
“Abakhenkethi bayalonwabela uhambo. I-Hangul kunye nezinye izilwanyana zihlala entlango, ke ngumcimbi wethamsanqa ukubabona kodwa zininzi izinto ekufuneka uzibukele apha, ”utshilo uRashid Naqash, umlindi wezilwanyana zasendle kumbindi weKashmir.
Iindwendwe zazichwayitile nazo. Omnye wabo yayingumhlali waseHowrah uRajeev Chaudhuri, owathi, kunye nenkosikazi yakhe nabantwana bakhe ababini, wayephakathi kwabokuqala ukunandipha ukukhwela. “Kusendle kakhulu kwaye kuzolile apha, ngokungafaniyo nezinye iindawo endizindwendwele eKashmir kwezi ntsuku zimbalwa zidlulileyo. Kumnandi ukuba lapha kwaye intle kakhulu indawo yonke,” utshilo.
Amagosa anethemba lokuba ezinye izilwanyana zale paki, ezifana nexhama le-musk, amahlosi, ibhere elimnyama kunye ne-langoors, nazo ziya kuba yimizobo emikhulu.
Iimoto ezintathu ezisebenza ngebhetri kwi-safaris ziya kuthatha iindwendwe ngaphakathi kwepaki ekukhweleni okuhlala malunga nemizuzu ye-90 nganye. Kuphela ziihambo ezimbini ngosuku ezibonelelwayo ngoku, kodwa inani liya kwandiswa nje ukuba zifike iimoto ezinjalo ezingenangxolo, ezinamaqondo okukhutshwa kwe-zero.
Ukungena epakini, ekungasemva kweentaba ezinde, bekuthintelwe kwaye kuphela abo baneendlela ezikhethekileyo abavunyelwayo ukuba bangene. Ngoku, abasemagunyeni kwezokhenketho baphuhlisa amabala ngaphakathi kwe-enclave, enokuba nomdla kubathandi bendalo, ngexabiso le-30 lakh yee-randi.
Iindwendwe zazithanda iihambo ngaphakathi epakini. “Zininzi iintaka ngaphandle kweendawo ezihlala amahlosi neebhere. Ifama yee<em>trout nayo iyamangalisa,” utshilo uChaudhuri.
Phantsi kohambo lwe-eco-tourism, i-16,000sqkm yendawo yezilwanyana zasendle iya kuphuhliswa kule minyaka imbalwa izayo. Ifemu yaseKarnataka, iJungle Lodge's and Resorts, eqhuba i-safaris, iqeshiwe ukuba ilungise iplani.
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