I-NEW DelHI-Urhulumente waseIndiya uceba ukuchitha ngaphezulu kwe-13 yezigidi zeedola ukuseka umkhosi okhethekileyo wokukhusela amahlosi asemngciphekweni wokuphela, kulandela uxinzelelo lwabalondolozi bamazwe ngamazwe ukusindisa iikati zasendle.
Inkxaso-mali ecetywayo yangoLwesihlanu nguMphathiswa wezeMali uP. Chidambaram ilandela isibhengezo kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo zenkqubo ye-153 yezigidi zeedola zokudala iindawo zokugcina amahlosi, igxininisa iinzame ezihlaziyiweyo zikarhulumente waseIndiya ukukhusela iikati ezinkulu.
Uqikelelo olutsha lubonisa ukuba inani lamahlosi asendle laseIndiya lehlile lisuka malunga ne-3,600 kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo laya malunga ne-1,411, iProjekthi yeTiger eqhutywa ngurhulumente yatsho kwinyanga ephelileyo.
"Inombolo ye-1,411 kufuneka ikhalise iintsimbi ze-alam ... Ingwe isengozini enkulu," u-Chidambaram uxelele iPalamente ngexesha lokunikezela kwakhe uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali luka-2008-2009.
UChidambaram uthe iNational Tiger Conservation Authority iya kunikwa malunga ne-13.15 yezigidi zeedola ukuba "iphakamise, ingalo kwaye ithumele" uMkhosi woKhuselo weTiger. Ngelixa uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali isisiphakamiso nje okwangoku, kulindeleke ukuba iPalamente ilupasise ngaphandle kwenkcaso ekupheleni kwale nyanga.
Abalondolozi bendalo basamkele isiphakamiso sikarhulumente, besithi kuza kufuneka umkhosi omtsha uqeqeshwe ngokukhethekileyo kwaye uxhobe ukukhusela amahlosi kubazingeli.
"Ekugqibeleni bajongana nengxaki ebaluleke kakhulu - ukuzingela ngaphandle kwemvume," utshilo uBelinda Wright, umlawuli weWildlife Protection Society of India, ngoMgqibelo. "Ndicinga ukuba uninzi lwenkqubo ekhoyo ingaphuculwa ngokutofwa kwemali."
IProjekthi yeTiger iceba ukudala oovimba abatsha abasibhozo ukukhusela amahlosi, okugubungela ummandla ongaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezili-11,900 ngeendleko ezimalunga ne-153 yezigidi zeerandi. Amaqela abucala aya kufaka inkxaso-mali eyongezelelweyo.
Iilali ezimalunga nama-250, okanye abantu abaqikelelwa kuma-200,000, baya kufuduswa phantsi kwesi sicwangciso. Urhulumente uthembise usapho ngalunye olufuduswayo malunga ne-$25,600.
Inani lamahlosi e-Asiya liqikelelwa malunga nama-3,500 namhlanje xa lithelekiswa phantse nama-5,000 ngo-1997, ngokutsho kukaWright.
Ngaphandle kokuba urhulumente uphucula kakhulu amanyathelo onyanzeliso ngokuchasene nabazingeli abangekho mthethweni kunye nabarhwebi bezilwanyana zasendle abangekho mthethweni, inani lamahlosi liza kuqhubeka lincipha, utshilo uWright.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The Tiger Project plans to create eight new reserves to protect the tigers, covering an area of more than 11,900 square miles at a cost about $153 million.
- Chidambaram follows the announcement just weeks ago of a $153 million program to create new tiger reserves, underscoring renewed efforts by India’s government to protect the big cats.
- The Indian government plans to spend more than $13 million establishing a special ranger force to protect the country’s endangered tigers, following pressure from international conservationists to save the wild cats.
