ISIXEKO SEBAGUIO-Ingqondo eqhelekileyo ixelela uninzi lwabantu ukuba iindlela zikhokelela kwiidolophu kwimpumelelo yezoqoqosho.
Kodwa enye imephu echaza indlela yohambo, edibanisa iikhilomitha ezingama-500 zomhlaba wehlathi otyebileyo ngaphakathi eCordillera, inokuba yiyo yonke imimandla yasemaphandleni ekufuneka izise urhwebo lwala maxesha kubo.
Isazi sendalo u-Ibaloi uJose Alipio weYunivesithi yaseAteneo de Manila wanikezela ngeengcali kule mephu yendlela kwiNkomfa yaMazwe ngaMazwe yokuqala eCordillera Studies exhaswa yiYunivesithi yasePhilippines iBaguio kwiveki ephelileyo.
IGunya leSizwe lezoQoqosho noPhuhliso lichithe amashumi amabini eminyaka kuthethathethwana ngemali yokugqibezela iprojekthi yokuphucula indlela yaseCordillera, uthungelwano lweendlela ezidibanisa iBaguio City neBenguet, Mt. Iphondo, i-Ifugao, iKalinga, i-Apayao kunye ne-Abra.
Ummandla ubala uninzi lweedolophu njengoluntu oluhlwempuzekileyo.
Endaweni yokufuna iindlela zekhonkrithi, urhulumente kufuneka aqale ngokuphuhlisa iindlela zodongwe, utshilo u-Alipio, umntu oza kufumana isibonelelo kuNational Geographic Society.
Ukuphuhliswa kwendlela "kuzisa imali kwiilali ezikude ngaphandle [kokubhengeza] kwiindleko zokwakha iindlela," ucacisile.
Umzi mveliso ophambili onokusebenzisa kakuhle iindlela kukhenketho, utshilo, kuba abakhenkethi bamanye amazwe abatyelele iCordillera batsalelwe apho liphulo likarhulumente lokuthengisa ukhenketho.
U-Alipio uthe uninzi lwezi ndlela zoluntu zisetyenziselwe amashumi eminyaka ukukhupha iimpahla zentengiso kurhwebo kunye needolophu ezikufutshane.
Uninzi lwabantu basezilalini eCordillera bebelinde urhulumente ukuba abakhele iindlela ezifanelekileyo, utshilo.
Ngokwewebhusayithi yeSebe leMisebenzi yoLuntu kunye noohola bendlela, iCordillera ineekhilomitha ezili-1,844 zendlela.
Kodwa ziikhilomitha ezingama-510 kuphela kwezi ndledlana zendlela ezihanjiswe ngekhonkrithi, kwaye malunga neekhilomitha ezili-105 zigutyungelwe yitela.
Ingqwalaselo yoluntu igxile kuHalsema Highway, owona mzila uphambili phakathi kweBenguet neMt. Iphondo elisetyenziselwa ukuhambisa unikezelo lwemihla ngemihla yemifuno yesaladi kwiMetro Manila.
Kuvavanyo lwamva nje olwenziwe liBhunga loPhuhliso loMmandla, izikhewu zemali zisanyanzela urhulumente ukuba anqumamise izicwangciso zokuhamba kwezi ndlela zonxibelelwano.
U-Alipio wanikezela ngesizathu sokulibaziseka: “Ukuba bendingusomashishini, kwaye bendizokwakha i-P50 yezigidi [ezixabisa] indlela [exhamla kuphela] izindlu ezintlanu ezilalini, bendizokuyifumana njani loo P50 yezigidi?”
Enye le mephu “izisa uqoqosho lwangaphandle elalini endaweni yokuzisa ilali kwimarike.”
Isidanga se-master's degree kulawulo lokusingqongileyo, u-Alipio uvumile ukuba eyona nto wayeyixhalabele kakhulu yayingumhlaba wehlathi ocuthayo.
Ukunciphisa inani lekhonkrithi kufuneka kukhusele indalo yommandla, kwaye kuvumele uluntu lwangaphakathi ukuba lusebenzise amanzi, umhlaba kunye nezixhobo zeentyatyambo ngesantya salo, utshilo.
Uthe uvavanyo lwakhe lokuqala lucebisa unxibelelwano phakathi kokusetyenziswa okuphezulu kwezixhobo zehlathi kuqoqosho lwasekhaya.
Uthe abantu abaninzi baseCordiller bafudukele ezidolophini okanye phesheya bayokusebenza, kwaye imali abayibuyisayo ekhaya ibonakalisa ukuba ingakanani imithi esikiweyo yokubasa kufutshane neelali zabo.
Inkqubo ecetywayo ifuna ukuba uluntu luphuhlise "iimephu zenkcubeko" kuba iilali ziba "yindawo ekhuselweyo."
"Into esifuna ukuyibonisa apha kukhenketho apho abakhenkethi bafunda khona kuluntu lwasekhaya endaweni yokunyanzelisa oko bakufunayo kuluntu lwasekhaya," utshilo u-Alipio.
Uthe yena kunye nabanye abasebenza ngokusingqongileyo benze imephu yeendlela eziphambili esele zikhokelele kwiindawo ezithandwayo zabakhenkethi eCordillera.
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba iindlela "zenziwe zisebenze kwezorhwebo," abantu belali kufuneka benze neendlela eziza kujongana neengxaki ezihamba nokhenketho, utshilo.
Uthe uluntu kufuneka luchonge “amandla” abo okundwendwela abakhenkethi.
IBhutan kwiiHimalaya, umzekelo, ifuna abakhenkethi ukuba bachithe ubuncinci be- $ 500. Oku kunceda ukunciphisa inani labatyeleli apho, utshilo.
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