Ingxabano nge-Bay of Bengal isle isiphelile - isiqhingi asisekho

I-NEW DelHI - Cishe iminyaka engama-30, i-India ne-Bangladesh bephikisana ngokulawula isiqhingi esincane sedwala e-Bay of Bengal. Manje ukukhuphuka kwamazinga olwandle kuxazulule ingxabano kubo: isiqhingi sesihambile.

Isiqhingi esisha saseMoore esiseSunderbans sicwile emanzini ngokuphelele, kusho isazi solwandle uSugata Hazra, uprofesa eNyuvesi yaseJadavpur eCalcutta. Ukunyamalala kwayo kuqinisekiswe izithombe zesathelayithi kanye nabebehamba olwandle, esho.

“Lokho la mazwe womabili abengakwazi ukukufeza eminyakeni eminingi ekhuluma, kuxazululwe ukufudumala komhlaba,” kusho uHazra.

Ososayensi eSikoleni Sezifundo Ze-Oceanographic kule nyuvesi baphawule ukwanda okushaqisayo kwezinga amazinga olwandle akhuphuke ngalo kule minyaka eyishumi edlule e-Bay of Bengal.

Kuze kube ngu-2000, amazinga olwandle enyuka cishe ngamamilimitha angu-3 (0.12 amayintshi) ngonyaka, kodwa kule minyaka eyishumi edlule bebelokhu benyuka cishe ngamamilimitha angu-5 (0.2 amayintshi) ngonyaka, esho.

Esinye isiqhingi esiseduze, iLohachara, sacwila emanzini ngo-1996, kwaphoqa izakhamuzi zakhona ukuthi zithuthele ezweni, kanti cishe ingxenye yezwe lesiqhingi saseGhoramara yayingaphansi kwamanzi, esho. Okungenani ezinye iziqhingi eziyi-10 kule ndawo bezisengozini, kusho uHazra.

"Sizoba nenani elikhulu kakhulu labantu abasuswa ezindaweni zaseSunderbans njengoba izindawo eziningi eziqhingini zithola amanzi," esho.

I-Bangladesh, izwe elingaphansi kwe-delta elinabantu abayizigidi ezingu-150, ingelinye lamazwe ahlaselwe kakhulu ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke. Izikhulu zilinganisela ukuthi amaphesenti angu-18 ogwini lwase-Bangladesh azobe engaphansi kwamanzi kanti abantu abayizigidi ezingu-20 bazosuswa ezindaweni zabo uma amazinga olwandle enyuka ngemitha elingu-1 (3.3 amafidi) ngo-2050 njengoba kubikezelwe ezinye izimo zezulu.

I-India ne-Bangladesh zombili zafuna i-New Moore Island engenalutho, engamakhilomitha angu-3.5 ubude namakhilomitha angu-2 ububanzi. I-Bangladesh ibize isiqhingi ngokuthi iSouth Talpatti.

Zazingekho izakhiwo ezihlala njalo eNew Moore, kodwa i-India yathumela amasosha athile ogwini lwayo olunamadwala ngo-1981 ukuze aphakamise ifulegi layo lezwe.

Ukuklanywa komngcele wasolwandle - futhi ngubani olawula iziqhingi ezisele - kuseyindaba evulelekile phakathi komakhelwane ababili baseSouth Asia, naphezu kokunyamalala kweNew Moore, kusho isikhulu eMnyangweni wezangaphandle eNdiya, esikhulume ngemibandela yokudalulwa ngoba singekho. ogunyaziwe ukukhuluma ngezingxabano zamazwe ngamazwe.

Izikhulu zaseBangladesh azitholakalanga ukuthi ziphawule ngoLwesithathu.