Abahleli be-Olympic triathlon e-Paris baveze ukuthi ingxenye yokubhukuda yomcimbi ingase ibhekane nokubambezeleka noma nokukhanselwa uma izinga lamanzi e-Seine River lingaboni ngcono.
Umfula, onqamula inhloko-dolobha yaseFrance, uhlelelwe ukuba yindawo yemicimbi eminingi yama-Olympic kuleli hlobo. Nokho, i Surfrider Foundation Europe, i-NGO yamazwe ngamazwe, iphakamise ukukhathazeka mayelana namazinga "athusayo" amagciwane emanzini. Esixwayisoni sakamuva, leli qembu lembula ukuthi isampula eyodwa kuphela kweziyi-14 ze-Seine zamanzi eziqoqwe esikhathini esiyizinyanga eziyisithupha ezibonisa izinga lamanzi elanelisayo.
Umongameli we paris 2024 IKomidi Elihlelayo liyivume inselele enkulu u-E. coli izolo. Uveze ukuthi umcimbi we-triathlon ungase ubhekane nokubambezeleka, noma ingxenye yokubhukuda ingakhanselwa uma izinga lamanzi liwohloka.
Isikhulu sama-Olympics sicashunwe kwabezindaba sithi, “Kwezemidlalo, kuhlale kunezinga lobungozi okufanele sivume.” Ugcizelele ukuthi ayikho enye indawo ekhona, njengoba kunendawo eyodwa kuphela enqunyelwe umcimbi.
Phakathi nezivunguvungu ezinamandla, usongo oluyinhloko luphakama njengoba amanzi ekhukhula isimiso sendle saseParis, esibeka ingozi yokuchichima. Amanzi emvula ayinsalela abe esededelwa emfuleni, okungadala ukungcoliswa. Ukuvuza kwendle ehlobo eledlule kuholele ekuhoxisweni komncintiswano wokubhukuda wangaphambi kwe-Olympic. Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule, idatha yembula ukuthi amazinga e-E. coli kanye namagciwane e-enterococci adlule umkhawulo ovunyelwe waseYurophu izikhathi ezimbili kuya kwezintathu, njengoba kubikwe i-Surfrider Foundation.
Ngaphandle kokuthi iParis itshale imali engaphezu kwebhiliyoni elingu-€1 (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.1) emzamweni wokuvumela ukubhukuda okuphephile e-Seine okokuqala ngqa ekhulwini, amazinga okungcola alokhu ephezulu. Uhlelo lomfula, olubiza u-€1.4 billion, lugxile ekuthuthukisweni kwengqalasizinda njengamapayipi amasha angaphansi komhlaba namaphampu. Ochwepheshe bekhwalithi yamanzi baqinisekisile ukuthi amazinga okugxiliswa kwe-Enterococcus ne-E.coli, okuyizinkomba ezibalulekile zendle emanzini ahlanzekile, ayephansi ngokwanele ukuvumela ukubhukuda okuphephile emfuleni.
UMongameli waseFrance u-Emmanuel Macron uthembise ngokuzithoba ngenyanga edlule ukuthi uzobhukuda emfuleni iSeine, okubonakala sengathi uzokhombisa ukuhlanzeka kwawo ngaphambi kweMidlalo yama-Olympic ezayo eParis kulo Julayi nango-Agasti.
