Njengoba kubukeka sengathi kuzophela izingxabano eSri Lanka, ezokuvakasha zingase zisabalale nenyakatho-mpumalanga yezwe enezinxushunxushu.
Nakuba kusesekuseni kakhulu ukubikezela inkambo yesikhathi esizayo yezenzakalo eSri Lanka, ukuba nokwenzeka kokuthula okuhlala njalo kuvula ithemba lezindawo ezinkulu zamabhishi ahlanzekile anesihlabathi enyakatho nasempumalanga yezwe abe izindawo ezintsha eziheha izivakashi.
Njengoba ukulwa kusekusha, intukuthelo ngenani lezakhamuzi ezibulewe kanye nokwesaba ukuthi amaphakethe ama-Tamil Tiger fighters angase aqhubeke nokuhlasela kwamaphekula, Ihhovisi Lezangaphandle liyaqhubeka nokweluleka ngokumelene nakho konke ukuhamba enyakatho nasempumalanga yeSri Lanka.
Ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha baseSri Lanka, nokho, banethemba lokuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ukuphela kwempi yombango ethathe iminyaka engu-26 kuzobonisa ukuqala kabusha kwezokuvakasha endaweni okungenzeka ibe ngenye yezindawo eziheha kakhulu amaholide e-Asia.
“Lesi yisinyathelo esihle esiya phambili kodwa kufanele sibe nethemba ngokuqapha; usemkhulu umsebenzi okusamele wenziwe ukuze kube nokuthula kwangempela,” kusho uJean-Marc Flambert, ophromotha inqwaba yamahhotela eSri Lanka.
“Kodwa empeleni amabhishi angcono kakhulu esiqhingini asogwini olusempumalanga. Futhi, njengoba inkathi yezimvula lapho iza ngesikhathi esihlukile emvuleni eningizimu nasentshonalanga kungase kuguqule iSri Lanka ibe indawo yokuya kuyo unyaka wonke.”
Izindawo zokungcebeleka okungenzeka zibe yizintandokazi zamaholide zihlanganisa i-Nilaveli, enyakatho nje ye-Trincomalee, futhi, eningizimu, i-Kalkudah ne-Passekudah. I-Arugam Bay izoheha isixuku sabantu abantweza phezu kwamagagasi kuyilapho i-Trincomalee ngokwayo, echazwe u-Admiral Nelson njengechweba elihle kunawo wonke emhlabeni, ingaba isikhungo sezivakashi esisha esikhulu.
Kuyo yonke iminyaka yezinxushunxushu, ezokuvakasha kulezi zingxenye zesiqhingi cishe bezingekho, noma zikhawulelwe ezivakashini zasekhaya kanye nabapakishi basentshonalanga abanesibindi futhi abanawo amahhotela nengqalasizinda yaseningizimu nasentshonalanga ethuthuke kakhulu.
“Kunethuba elikhulu lokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kulolu hlangothi lwesiqhingi,” kusho uMnu Flambert. "Kusobala ukuthi abantu bazohlala beqaphile isikhashana kodwa abaningi bebelindele lolu suku."
Iseluleko seHhovisi Langaphandle
Naphezu kwethemba lokuphela kwezingxabano, iHhovisi Lezangaphandle liyaqhubeka nokweluleka ukuthi abahambi baseBrithani bagweme izindawo zezempi, uhulumeni kanye nebutho lezempi, elixwayisa ngokuthi yizona ezihlaselwe kakhulu, ngisho naseningizimu.
“Kunosongo olukhulu lobuphekula eSri Lanka. Ukuhlaselwa okubulalayo sekuvame kakhulu. Zenzeke eColombo nakuyo yonke iSri Lanka, okuhlanganisa nezindawo ezivame ukuvakashela abahambi abavela kwamanye amazwe nabangaphandle,” kuxwayisa. “Amanye amahhotela e-Colombo aseduze nezindawo ezinjalo. Uma uhlose ukuhlala ehhotela elise-Colombo, kufanele uqinisekise ukuthi linezinyathelo zokuphepha ezanele nezezimo eziphuthumayo futhi uqaphele indawo okuyo ngaso sonke isikhathi.”
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