Ukubukela abakhenkethi besiya kubuka eKashmir ebuntwaneni bakhe kwamnika umbono wokuya kumzi-mveliso weehotele. Nangona ukwakha ihotele ngezo ntsuku kwakungumsebenzi onzima kakhulu, ukusebenza nzima kunye nokunyamezela kwakhe kwamenza wafezekisa iphupha lakhe waza wafumana ihotele edumileyo eyayidume kakhulu kangangokuba umbutho obalulekileyo woshishino kumbindi wesixeko iSrinagar, eJehangir Chowk, waba. ithiywe emva kwayo. Izidubedube ezide zamashumi amabini kurhulumente, nangona kunjalo, zamisa uhambo lwakhe lokuya kwenza imikhosi kwezinye iindawo eKashmir. Esalinde ukuqheleka unezicwangciso zokuseka iihotele ezininzi kwiindawo zokuchithela iiholide eValley. UMphathi oLawulayo, iHotele iJehangir, uHaji Noor Muhammad, wabelana ngamava akhe kwishishini.
Ngaba ujonge kwixesha lakho elidlulileyo?
Utata wayephuma kusapho olukumgangatho ophakathi. Wayengumthuthi onebhasi neelori ezimbalwa. Ngaloo mihla kwakufuneka umntu asebenze nzima ukuze aphumelele. Ubawo naye wasebenza nzima kakhulu kwaye wenza iinzame zakhe ezinkulu zokudala inkampani enkulu yezothutho phantsi kwegama le-United Motors kunye neebhasi ezingamashumi amathathu anesibini kunye neelori, eziza kuthatha abakhenkethi ukuba babone indawo ePehalgam, eGulmarg nakwezinye iindawo. Nangona kunjalo, bekungayi kubakho ukuhamba kwabakhenkethi bangaphandle ukuya eKashmir ngezo ntsuku. Ngaloo mihla abakhenkethi babeza kuphela kwiindawo ezimbalwa ezifana neGujarat, Chennai, njl. Indinike umbono wokuba kufuneka siye nakwishishini leehotele, ukuze silungiselele abakhenkethi abavela kwiindawo ngeendawo. Ngelo xesha utata wayemi kakuhle ngokwezimali. Wathenga ihotele egama linguRiver View ekunxweme loMlambo iJhelum kufutshane neSibhedlele saseLalla Ded ngo-1957. Yayiyihotele endala kakhulu. Lahamba ixesha ndagqiba iMasters kwiChemistry ngo1972.
Yabakho nini ihotele iJehangir?
Njengam, umkhuluwa wam wayeyithanda kakhulu ishishini lehotele. Utata wafumana umhlaba kule ndawo ngoku eyaziwa ngokuba yiJehangir Chowk ngokwakha ihotele elungileyo. Kodwa ukwakha ihotele ngelo xesha kwakungumsebenzi onzima kakhulu kuba kwakunzima kakhulu ukufumana imvume. Ngaphandle koko kwakunzima kakhulu ukufumana iimali-mboleko ezazingafumaneki lula. Ke ukuze sinyuse imali siye saliphelisa ishishini lethu lezothutho kwaye salahla zonke iimoto ukuze sakhe iJehangir. Asikwazanga ukufumana naluphi na uncedo kurhulumente kuba ngezo ntsuku kwakungekho mdla kangako ukwenza ishishini lehotele eKashmir. Ngezo mini izinto zazahluke kakhulu. Sanikwa imali-mboleko ye-13 lakhs yi-State Finance Corporation kwiminyaka emine. Le mali-mboleko ibangele inzala enkulu kwaye kuye kwaba nzima ngakumbi ukuba sakhe ihotele. Utata akazange akwazi ukunyamezela uxinezeleko neengxaki awayejamelene nazo ngelo xesha waza wasweleka ngo-1973. Emva kokusweleka kwakhe, uxanduva oluninzi lwafika emagxeni am yaye kwafuneka ndihlawule ngalo lonke ixesha kwishishini elalichaphazela imfundo yam. kungenjalo ndandinomdla kakhulu wokuqhubeka nezifundo. Kodwa ndiyabulela kuSomandla uAllah ndoneliseke ngoku. Ndaqala umsebenzi wam weshishini ngeHotele River View. Emva kokusweleka kukatata, kwaba lucelomngeni kumnakwethu nam ukufumana iHotele iJehangir igqibezele oko ngaphandle koncedo lukarhulumente. Yayingumsebenzi wethu onzima kunye nemigudu eyasenza ekugqibeleni ukuba sifezekise iphupha lethu kwaye kwasithatha iminyaka emithandathu ubude ukugqiba ukwakhiwa kwehotele i-Jehangir ngenxa yokungabikho kwemali. Kungoko ngo-1976, iHotele iJehangir (umgangatho omnye) yavulwa. USheikh Mohammad Abdullah, owayesakuba nguMphathiswa oyiNtloko we-J&K ngelo xesha kunye nabanye abaphathiswa abathathu baye kumsitho wokumiselwa, owawukhuthaza kakhulu. USheikh Sahab waneliseke kakhulu kulwakhiwo kunye nesakhiwo sehotele yethu. Asinakuze silulibale uncedo lwakhe rhoqo. Ebesoloko esikhuthaza ukuba siphucule le hotele. Kwaye ihotele iJehangir ekugqibeleni yaduma kangangokuba yonke indawo ekuyo yathiywa ngegama layo njengeJehangir Chowk. Ihotele yaba libhongo leKashmiris kuba ngezo ntsuku kwakukho iihotele ezimbalwa eKashmir. Ihotele iBroadway, umzekelo, yayisiza ngaloo mihla kwaye kwakukho iihotele ezimbalwa eBoulevard njengeHotele Mazda, iHotele Park, iHotel Meadows, njl.
Emva kwehotele iJehangir, awuzange uye kwiihotele ezininzi. Isizathu?
Sasinomdla wokuya kwezinye iihotele, kodwa imeko eyaqala apha eKashmir kwiminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo edlulileyo yasithintela ukuba singaqhubeli phambili neshishini lethu. Ukhenketho yayilelona lahleko likhulu lesiphithiphithi saseKashmir kwaye ukuhamba kwabakhenkethi kuye kwafikelela kwiqanda.
Yintoni eyenza ihotele iJehangir yahluke kwezinye?
Le hotele imi kumbindi wesixeko. Nabani na oza eKashmir evela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, beza ngeJehangir Chowk, eye yaba yindawo edume kakhulu kunye neshishini ledolophu kwaye wonke umntu uyayazi idilesi yeHotele Jehangir. Yongeza ubuhle beChowk. Ihotele yokuqala abantu abayibonayo emva kokuvela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya yiHotele Jehangir. Kwaye abathengi abeza kule hotele baziva ngathi basekhaya, kuba apha bafumana yonke into ekufutshane, imarike ikufuphi, isikhululo seenqwelomoya sisondele kakhulu, iZiko loKwamkela uKhenketho kwindawo yokuphosa ilitye, emva koko bafumana izibonelelo ezifana nefowuni, umabonwakude, inkonzo yeyure ezingama-24, inkqubo yokufudumeza esembindini, iindawo zokutyela, njalo njalo. Abasebenzi bethu banembeko kakhulu; bahlala bekhathalela abathengi ngendlela entle kakhulu. Kwaye ke, le hotele iqhuba iminyaka emininzi edlulileyo, ke sinamava amaninzi kumgca wokhenketho. Sifumene ibhaso lokugcina ucoceko kunye nokugcinwa kwehotele yethu kwi-Srinagar Municipal Corporation ngo-1982-83. Sinabasebenzi abamalunga namashumi asixhenxe apha ngoku. Ekuphela kwento esiyisweleyo ngoku yindawo yokupaka ihotele, ebesizama ngayo amashumi eminyaka nzima kakhulu. Urhulumente akakhange abe luncedo kangako kuthi ngokusinika indawo yokupaka le hotele, nto leyo ebaluleke kakhulu kwihotele enkulu ngolu hlobo.
Kuthekani ngeHotele River View?
Kungoku nje umntakwethu omncinci ujonge laa hotele. Kodwa okoko kwaqala ungquzulwano apha khange lenze shishini elininzi kuba uninzi lwendawo ejikeleze ihotele ihlala imikhosi yeparamilitary. Ukuba umkhenkethi kufuneka angene ngaphakathi kwehotele, unokukwenza kuphela emva kokuwela i-bunkers ye-paramilitary forces. Ngoko ke, ihotele ayithandwa ngabakhenkethi.
Ucinga ukuba abasemagunyeni benze ntoni ukutsala abakhenkethi eKashmir?
Ubona abantu kwihlabathi liphela benomdla wokuza kule ndawo. I-drawback kuphela kukuba abaziva bekhuselekile ngapha. Yiloo nto kuphela ebenza bangabikho. Urhulumente kufuneka apapashe iKashmir ngaphandle kwelizwe, kuyo yonke indawo eIndiya nakwamanye amazwe, kwaye aqinisekise abantu ukuba akukho nto iphosakeleyo kwiNtlambo kwaye abayi kujongana nayo nayiphi na ingxaki apha. Kufuneka basebenzise imithombo yeendaba ukurhwebesha abantu abaninzi ngakumbi ukuba baye eKashmir. Emva koko urhulumente kufuneka akhuthaze abantu ukuba batyale imali kwicandelo lezokhenketho ngokwenza iihotele ezilungileyo apha. Bafanele baxhase ishishini lehotele, ukwenzela ukuba iihotele ezininzi nangakumbi ezinendawo yokuhlala entle zifike. Kuya kufuneka benze umoya ofanelekileyo apha kwaye abakhenkethi kufuneka baphathwe ngokufanelekileyo kwiihotele nakwiindawo abandwendwela kuzo eKashmir. Ishishini lehotele ngokwenene umqolo kuqoqosho karhulumente. Idala amathuba engqesho. Uyabona, ihotele nganye elapha iqeshe abantu abangekho ngaphantsi kwamashumi amane ukuya kwamashumi amahlanu.
Ngaba uyakholelwa kuxanduva lwentlalo yoluntu?
Ndikholelwa kakhulu kuxanduva loluntu. Olona xanduva lwam ngoku lubhekiselele kusapho lwam. Abantwana bam bafunda eLos Angeles, eUnited States kule minyaka ilishumi elinesixhenxe idluleyo. Umfazi wam wasweleka ngo-1998 e-USA, ngoko ke ndibaxhalabele abantwana bam. Ngoko ke ndikwanobuntununtunu malunga noxanduva lwam eluntwini. Ndililungu leFHARI (iFederation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India) kunye neHotele kunye neRestaurant Association yaseKashmir. Apho sihlala siza neengcebiso kurhulumente nakwicandelo lezokhenketho ekukhuthazeni ukhenketho eKashmir. Sizama konke okusemandleni ethu ukwenza olu rhwebo luchume kwakhona. Sibambe iisemina kunye ne-TTF (IiNdawo zoKhenketho zoKhenketho) ngaphandle kwelizwe, njengaseMumbai, eDelhi nakwezinye iindawo. Kwaye ke, sizama ukucenga abantu abangaphandle kweKashmir ngandlela zonke ukuba kukho imeko eqhelekileyo eKashmir kwaye kufuneka beze bazokonwabela ukuhlala apha. Kwaye ke, kudala sizama ngalo lonke ixesha ukuba abantu abandwendwela eKashmir kufuneka bafumane indawo yokuhlala entle apha. Sikulangazelela kakhulu ukwabelana ngoxanduva norhulumente lokukhuthaza ukhenketho.
Ezinye izinto onomdla kuzo?
Ndichitha ixesha elininzi ndithandaza ku-Allah uSomandla ukuba izinto ezilapha kufuneka zibengcono ngokukhawuleza. Ngapha koko, ndilinde ngolangazelelo ixesha, apho imeko iya kubuyela eKashmir kwaye le ndawo iya kuphinda iphumelele.
Izicwangciso zakho zekamva?
Xa iKashmir ibuyela kwisimo sayo esiqhelekileyo, ngokuqinisekileyo ndingaya kwiihotele eGulmarg nasePehalgam, ukuze ndikhuthaze abantu abangaphandle kwelizwe ukuba beze eKashmir.
Umyalezo wakho koosomashishini abasakhulayo?
Umyalezo wam kubo kukuba kufuneka ngokudibeneyo benze iinzame zokukhuthaza ukhenketho eKashmir ngendlela enyanisekileyo kwaye benze abantu baqonde ukuba kufuneka balunge ngokwaneleyo ngorhwebo lokhenketho.
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