Eminye imimandla yaseMyanmar yantlithwa yiNkanyamba uNargis, eyaqala kwiBay of Bengal njengendawo yoxinzelelo oluphantsi.
I-Cyclone Nargis enobubanzi beekhilomitha ezili-150 yaba yomelela kwaye yomelele kwaye ngoMeyi 2 ngo-10 ekuseni, kunye nesantya somoya sama-50 ukuya kuma-60 ngeyure; ezinzulwini zobusuku ngesantya somoya seekhilomitha ezingama-70 ngeyure nange-2 pm ngesantya somoya seekhilomitha ezingama-120; yabetha iAyeyarwady, iYangon neBago States kunye neMon and Kayin States ngomhla wesi-2 nowe-3 ngoMeyi 2 nowe-3, emva koko yafudukela kumntla-mpuma yaye yayisele ibuthathaka.
Kwinqanaba likazwelonke, iNational Disaster Preparedness Committee, eyakhiwe ukususela ngo-2005 kwaye ikhokelwa yinkulumbuso, ijongene nokuthintela, uncedo, impilo, ukuthutha, ukhuseleko kunye nentlalontle.
I-Cyclone Nargis ibange inani leengozi kunye nepropathi kwiindawo ezininzi eYangon, eAyeyarwady naseBago Divisions naseMon Kayin States. Amanyathelo oncedo olukhawulezileyo aye enziwa njengomsebenzi olinganiselweyo.
Ukususela ngoMeyi 8, inani lokufa liye lanyuka laya kutsho kwi-22997, ngelixa abanye abangama-42,119 benzakele okanye balahlekile kwiCandelo le-Ayeyarwady. Akukhange kubekho ngxelo yabakhenkethi bangaphandle benzakele kule ntlekele.
Izinto zokunceda, eziquka ukutya nezinto zonyango, iintente, izinto zokucoca amanzi, iiplastiki neempahla, bezithontelana zivela kwimibutho yasekuhlaleni neyamazwe ngamazwe noorhulumente abahlukahlukeneyo ehlabathini lonke.
Ukususela ngoMeyi 5, iinqwelo-moya zasekhaya kunye nezamazwe ngamazwe ziphinde zaqala ukulwa kwi-Airport ye-Yangon International, eyavalwa okwethutyana ngoMeyi 3 no-4. Zonke iihotele zemigangatho yamazwe ngamazwe zisebenza ngoku. Iinkonzo zonxibelelwano kunye nezothutho ziye zafikeleleka ngoku.
I-Ofisi yoMphathiswa weeHotele noKhenketho ibeke phambili iinzame zayo ezingayekiyo kunye neKomiti yeSizwe yokuLungiselela iiNtlekele kunye nabasemagunyeni basekuhlaleni bezithili neelokishi ezintlithwe sisitshingitshane.
Ukusukela nge-3 kaMeyi, bekukho unxibelelwano ngexesha elifanelekileyo phakathi koMphathiswa weeHotele noKhenketho kunye nabantu abanoxanduva lweehotele kunye neearhente zokuhamba. Amanyathelo oncedo asisiseko abe negalelo elikhulu exhaswa ngamandla licandelo labucala.
Le ntlekele yothuse wonke umntu kwishishini lehotele kunye nelokhenketho, enenkxalabo enkulu kubakhenkethi abandwendwelayo. Noko ke, kuyasivuyisa ukwazi ukuba abakhenkethi ababetyelele eMyanmar babekhuselekile yaye bekhuselekile xa bekhenketha iMandalay neBagan kumbindi weMyanmar.
Sinqwenela ukuvakalisa umbulelo wethu ongazenzisiyo kumonde nokunyamezelana kwayo nayiphi na inkxamleko eyenziweyo, xa iinqwelomoya zamazwe ngamazwe ziye zaphazamiseka iintsuku ezimbini.
I-Ofisi yoMphathiswa weeHotele noKhenketho ivakalisa umbulelo ongazenzisiyo kuluntu lwasekhaya nolwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nemibutho, uvelwano olunobubele kunye noncedo olungxamisekileyo ngamazwi nangobubele ngabahlobo abakude nabakufuphi.
Amanyathelo okubuyisela asaqhubeka kwaye sijonge phambili kwinkxaso nentsebenziswano ethe kratya. Ububele, inkcubeko kunye nezithethe zabantu baseMyanmar ziyakwamkela eMyanmar.
[Mr. UMyint Win ubhalela iMyanmar Travel Information Magazine. Ukufumana ngakumbi ngomsebenzi wakhe, yalatha isikhangeli sakho ku-www.myanmartravelinformation.com.]
