IPANAJI, Indiya - Ilali yaseGoa elunxwemeni ngoku ifuna abakhenkethi babuyise inkunkuma abayivelisayo ngelixa benebhola elunxwemeni.
I-Betalbatim, ilali esemazantsi iikhilomitha ezingama-40 ukusuka ePanaji, kule veki idlulise isigqibo esithi abakhenkethi abahamba ipikniknik okanye itheko elunxwemeni lwayo baya kunikwa iingxowa zeplastiki ukuze bafake inkunkuma yabo kwaye babuye.
“I-gram sabha [indibano yelali] igqibe ekubeni inkunkuma eveliswe ngabakhenkethi mayibuyiselwe,” utshilo u-Esperance Fernandes.
Iilwandle ezixineneyo zaseGoa kunye namaphandle abone ukugcwala kwenkunkuma, urhulumente akakwazanga ukumisela indlela esebenzayo yokulahla inkunkuma.
Iibhotile zebhiya, iipakethi zetetra ezingenanto kunye neepakethe zesiphaluka seetapile zikho kuyo yonke indawo. Inkunkuma eyomileyo eyahlukahlukeneyo ichitha unxweme, ishiywe ngabakhenkethi abangakhathaliyo kunye nabahlali.
Ayinayo i-panchayats yelali eselunxwemeni okanye isebe lezokhenketho elixhotyisiweyo ukulahla ngokukhuselekileyo inkunkuma eqokelelwe ngabatshayelayo.
U-Esperance Fernandes ukholelwa ukuba intshukumo ye-panchayat yelali inganceda ukunciphisa ukungcola elunxwemeni kwaye ibe ngumzekelo kwezinye ii-panchayat zelali eziselunxwemeni.
“Siza kuqesha abasebenzi abaselunxwemeni ukuze sincede abachwephesha nabahamba elwandle baqokelele inkunkuma abayivelisayo baze bayipakishe kwiiplastiki. Ukuqokelelwa kwenkunkuma kungakhathalelwa, kodwa ukulahlwa kwayo kuya kufuneka kuqhutywe ngabo bandwendwela ulwandle,” utshilo uEsperance.
Esi sigqibo sawiswa luninzi oluninzi.
Ilali yaseBetalbatim, enabemi abamalunga nama-4,000, yenye yeelwandle ezizolileyo eGoa nangona ilikhaya kwezinye zeendawo zokuchithela iiholide eziphezulu kunye noko abanye bacinga ukuba yimecca yeGoan crab curry, iMartins Corner. Inkwenkwezi yeqakamba uSachin Tendulkar lundwendwe oluqhelekileyo apha.
Inkunkuma ngomnye wemiba engundabamlonyeni elijongene nayo isebe lezokhenketho kunye nokuxinana kwamalwandle alo.
Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho uDilip Parulekar uthe inkunkuma elwandle ibangele ukuba isebe lakhe likhethe ukucoca ngoomatshini ngoomatshini.
“NgoDisemba, xa elona nani likhulu labakhenkethi liqala ukungena, kufuneka sibe kwindawo yokucoca iilwandle ngoomatshini,” utshilo uParulekar.
Iilwandle zaseGoa minyaka le zitsala abakhenkethi abamalunga nezigidi ezi-2.6, apho isiqingatha sesigidi singabaphambukeli.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Betalbatim village, with a resident population of nearly 4,000, is one of the quieter beaches in Goa although it is home to some of the top beach resorts as well as what some consider the mecca of Goan crab curry, Martins Corner.
- I-Betalbatim, ilali esemazantsi iikhilomitha ezingama-40 ukusuka ePanaji, kule veki idlulise isigqibo esithi abakhenkethi abahamba ipikniknik okanye itheko elunxwemeni lwayo baya kunikwa iingxowa zeplastiki ukuze bafake inkunkuma yabo kwaye babuye.
- U-Esperance Fernandes ukholelwa ukuba intshukumo ye-panchayat yelali inganceda ukunciphisa ukungcola elunxwemeni kwaye ibe ngumzekelo kwezinye ii-panchayat zelali eziselunxwemeni.
