I-NICOSIA - I-Cyprus ijika ibe kufutshane nentlango ehlotyeni kwaye ithembele ekukhutshweni kwetyuwa ukuze ibonelele ngeendlela eziluhlaza kubadlali begalufa kunye nokusindisa imboni yezokhenketho yelizwe.
Kodwa iingcali zokusingqongileyo zoyika ifuthe lokwakha ishumi elinesibini lezityalo zokukhupha ityuwa ukuze inani leekhosi zegalufa kwisiqithi ziphindaphindeke ukusuka kwisithathu ukuya kwi-17.
Ukumelana nembalela enkulu-eye yabona amadama aseCyprus omile kulo nyaka-isiqithi sasempuma seMeditera sesinye sezona mveliso ziphambili zamanzi anetyuwa eYurophu ecaleni kwe-Italiya neSpain.
“Iprojekthi yamabala egalufa ayisebenzi! Injongo ayikokunceda ukhenketho lwaseCypriot kodwa uphuhliso lweshishini kunye nabaphuhlisi,” uqhankqalaze watsho uCostas Papastavros, igosa lesebe lezolimo nelendalo.
"Kwaye ukuze sikhonze olu phuhliso sifuna isihogo samanzi amaninzi angaphezulu, kunye namandla," watsho kwinkomfa yokutshintsha kwemozulu eNicosia.
Urhulumente uthi “kuyakubakho indawo yokucoca ityuwa kwindawo nganye yegalufa kwaye bayakucela imithombo yamandla ehlaziyekayo. Kodwa kukho umsantsa phakathi kwethiyori kunye nesi senzo,” utshilo uPapastavros.
Ubale ukuba malunga nama-30 ezigidi ze-cubic metres (ibhiliyoni enye ye-cubic feet) zamanzi ziya kufuneka kumabala egalufa, xa kuthelekiswa neemfuno zabemi zonyaka ezizikyubhic mitha ezizizigidi ezingama-85 (phantse iikyubhiki mitha zebhiliyoni ezintathu) zamanzi okusela.
Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, amadama ajike abe zizitya zokungcola ngexesha lasehlotyeni ngenxa yokuna kwemvula encinane, amanzi ebekelwe amakhaya, umbane ohamba nesiqingatha seentsuku ezintathu kuphela ngeveki.
Kodwa urhulumente wephiko lasekhohlo likaMongameli uDemetris Christofias uqhubela phambili nesicwangciso sokuhlangula iikhosi zegalufa esaqalwa lulawulo lwangaphambili, kwaye ikhabhinethi yavota ukuba iphumelele le projekthi ngoDisemba.
I-Cyprus ibala ingeniso evela kwicandelo lezokhenketho, phantsi kwesoyikiso sengxaki yoqoqosho lwehlabathi, kwipesenti ezili-15 zemveliso yayo yangaphakathi.
Ukudodobala kwetyala lehlabathi jikelele ekudodobaleni koqoqosho lwaseYurophu kutyholwa ngokudodobala kwemarike yokhenketho yasekhaya, abafikayo behle nge-14.2 yeepesenti kwiinyanga ezimbini zokuqala zika-2009.
“Ukubhukisha ngo-2009 kungena kancinci kwaye kukho ukuncipha kwamanani xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo,” utshilo uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho u-Antonis Paschalides, esongeza ukuba unyaka ka-2008 ibingunyaka onzima eCyprus.
Ukubhukishwa kweehotele kuthiwa kuphantsi kweepesenti ezingama-25 kweli hlotyeni, urhulumente elindele ukuhla nge-10 lepesenti yabantu abafikayo ekupheleni konyaka.
UPaschalides uthe iikhosi zegalufa ziya kuvumela iSipro ukuba iphumelele iimarike ezintsha kunye nokwandisa ixesha lokhenketho ukusuka kwixesha lesiqhelo lasehlotyeni lelanga, ulwandle kunye nesanti.
“Umthamo wamanzi ofunekayo ekunkcenkcesheleni amabala egalufa uya kuveliswa ngamacandelo okukhutshwa kwetyuwa emanzini aza kusebenza ngemithombo yombane ehlaziyekayo,” utshilo.
"Ngesi sigqibo ibhalansi yamanzi eCyprus ayiyi kuphazamiseka ngelixa kwangaxeshanye ukusetyenziswa kwemithombo ehlaziyiweyo kuya kwanda."
Iingcali zendalo esingqongileyo aziqinisekanga ukuba ukwanda okunjalo akuyi kufuna ukuveliswa kwamandla okubaselwa ngamafutha kunye nokukhutshwa kwekharbon diokside eqhuba ukufudumala kwehlabathi.
“Siyichase ngamandla le projekthi,” utshilo uChristos Theodorou, okhokela iFederation of Environment and Ecological Organizations eCyprus.
“Esona sizathu siphambili ziindleko zemekobume ezingenakuthintelwa ngokuphathelele amandla okuvelisa amanzi ngokukhutshwa kwetyuwa kwizityalo, utshintsho kwizilwanyana zasendle, ukusetyenziswa kwemichiza yokuchumisa, nokungcoliswa komhlaba ongaphantsi.”
Ngaphaya koko, "yonke ibala yegalufa ayikhawulelwanga ngokwendawo, nto leyo ethetha ukuba baya kujikelezwa ziivillas ezitofotofo kunye nezinye iziseko ezifana neendawo zokutyela, iihotele kunye namaqula okuqubha," utshilo.
UTheodorou uthe itekhnoloji yokusetyenziswa kwamandla avuselelekayo ibingekho phambili ngokwaneleyo ukuhambelana nokukhula, ngelixa ulwazi lokusingqongileyo phakathi kwabemi nalo luphumile kwisantya samazwe ngamazwe.
“ECyprus, asinikeli ngqalelo ingako kwimibandela yemekobume,” watsho uPapastavros. “Oosopolitiki baphantsi koxinizelelo lwabantu abazizityebi abafuna olu hlobo lophuhliso. Umba ophambili apha … (ukwakha) amagumbi.”
Urhulumente uphumeze ngaphezulu kwe-350 yezigidi zee-euro (ezigidi ezingama-440 zeedola) kumanyathelo okuvuselela ukunqanda ilahleko yemisebenzi kukhenketho olungundoqo kunye necandelo lokwakha elinegalelo leepesenti ezingama-30 zeGDP.
Ngenxa yenkxalabo yokuba imeko yezemali yehlabathi iza kubangela ingeniso ephantsi yokhenketho isebe lezemali lihlaziye uqikelelo lokukhula kwe-GDP ukuya kutsho kwi-3.7 pesenti ngo-2008, kunye ne-2.1 ecothayo yepesenti kulo nyaka.
IKhomishini yaseYurophu iqikelela ukukhula kweCyprus kuya kusondela kwipesenti enye.
