UMnu Miththapala ubhale amanqaku angabalekiyo eTurboNews malunga nalo izindlovu eSri Lanka, ukhenketho lwelizwe, kunye nobudlelwane phakathi kwala maqumrhu mabini. Uneminyaka engaphezu kwama-25 yamava kwishishini lokwamkela iindwendwe.
WayenguMongameli we-Tourist Hotels Association yaseSri Lanka ukusuka kwi-2008 ukuya kwi-2010, kwaye kwi-2009 iholele iprojekthi ye-EU exhaswa ngemali ebizwa ngokuba yi-"Greening of Sri Lanka Hotels" ukukhuthaza ukugcinwa kweendlela ezilungileyo njengoMlawuli kunye noMcebisi kwi-Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Kwakhona wakhonza njengelungu leBhodi yeKomiti ye-Hotel Classification ye-Sri Lanka kude kube ngu-2012. Ngaphambili kumsebenzi wakhe wakhonza kwiindawo ezininzi zokulawula iihotele kunye neenkampani zolawulo.
Okwangoku, ungumcebisi wexeshana kukhenketho weBhanki yeHlabathi, iWashington DC, kwaye ulilungu leKomishoni yoNxibelelwano lwaBathengi kwiKomishoni yoLuntu.
USrilal ebesoloko engumntu ozinikeleyo wokusingqongileyo onomdla okhethekileyo kwizilwanyana zasendle ngakumbi kwiindlovu.
Iintsomi zeendlovu yingqokelela yee-anecdotes ezimfutshane zamava akhe kwiipaki zesizwe zaseSri Lanka esenza oko akulangazelelayo rhoqo kangangoko kunokwenzeka - ukuhlola indalo, izilwanyana zasendle, kunye neendlovu ngokuqinisekileyo. Incwadi igcwele "Iintsomi zeendlovu” nezinye izilwanyana zasendle ezimbalwa ngokunjalo. Iya kuba nomdla kumanyano lwezilwanyana zasendle ezifayo, kunye nakubantu abaqhelekileyo abanomdla kwizilwanyana zasendle.
Ngandlel’ ithile yi-odyssey yobuqu ephila kwakhona amava akhe kunye nokunxibelelana ngokusondeleyo nezi ngxilimbela zithambileyo. Ibhalwe ngolwimi olulula yaye amabali anenkcazelo enzulu ngemekobume, izilwanyana zasendle, nokuziphatha kweendlovu.
Nantsi into eyathethwa ngumphandi weendlovu owaziwayo kwihlabathi lonke wodumo luka-Amboseli, uGqirha Joyce Poole, uMseki kunye noMlawuli weNzululwazi ye-ElephantVoices, ngale ncwadi: “Ndiyonwabele kakhulu incwadi yenu. Iintsomi zeendlovu yincwadi efundeka kakhulu malunga neendlovu kunye nothando lwabantu baseSri Lanka kubo. Amava obuqu kaSrilal Miththapala andibuyisela emva kwixesha elifutshane endandifunda ngeendlovu eSri Lanka yaye andikhumbuza ngobubele nenzondelelo yabantu endandidibana nabo apho. Iintsomi zikaMiththapala zezo isazi ngendalo esingumzekelo wohlobo lokuzinikela komntu ngamnye ekuxhomekeke kuko ukusinda kweendlovu zelizwe kwixesha elizayo.”
UProf. Devaka Rogrugo, ingcali ephambili yokusingqongileyo kunye nentloko yeSebe leZoology kwiYunivesithi yaseColombo, wathi: “Kule ncwadi, uSrilal ubonisa uthotho lwamabali amafutshane malunga nokudibana kwakhe ngokusondeleyo neendlovu. Noko ke, ndivakalelwa kukuba le ncwadi ingaphezu kokubaliswa kwamabali, njengoko inikela inkcazelo eninzi ngendalo neendlovu. Ukuqhubela phambili, le ncwadi inika umfundi ingxelo yeenguqu zembali eziye zenzeka kwezinye iipaki zelizwe eSri Lanka, ngakumbi i-Uda Walawe National Park. Le ncwadi ndiyifumene ikhuthaza yaye ifundisa.”
UProf. Devaka Weerakoon, uProf. wezeNzululwazi ngokusiNgqongileyo kwiYunivesithi yaseColombo, kunye noGqr. Sumith Pilapitya, Owayesakuba yiNtloko yezeNdalo kwiBhanki yehlabathi kunye nowayesakuba nguMlawuli weWildlife, kunye noMnu. Hiran Cooray, uSihlalo weqela leJetwing, baye baxhamla isiganeko.
Le ncwadi yasungulwa kule nyanga ngoJuni kwihotele ye-Jetwing Colombo 7 kunye nabaphulaphuli abanombulelo abaye bayonwabela ubusuku obulandelwa yi-cocktails elula exhaswa ngesisa nguJetwing.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- WayenguMongameli we-Tourist Hotels Association yaseSri Lanka ukusuka kwi-2008 ukuya kwi-2010, kwaye kwi-2009 iholele iprojekthi ye-EU exhaswa ngemali ebizwa ngokuba yi "Greening of Sri Lanka Hotels" ukukhuthaza ukugcinwa kweendlela ezilungileyo njengoMlawuli kunye noMcebisi kwi-Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
- Amava obuqu kaSrilal Miththapala andibuyisela emva kwixesha elifutshane endandifunda ngeendlovu eSri Lanka yaye andikhumbuza ngobubele nenzondelelo yabantu endandidibana nabo apho.
- I-Elephantine Tales yingqokelela yee-anecdotes ezimfutshane zamava akhe kwiipaki zesizwe zaseSri Lanka esenza oko akulangazelela rhoqo kangangoko kunokwenzeka -.
