I-NEW DelHI - Uhulumeni waseNdiya uhlela ukusebenzisa imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-13 zamaRandi ukusungula ibutho elikhethekile labaqaphi ukuvikela amahlosi asengozini yokushabalala, kulandela ingcindezi evela kubalondolozi bemvelo bamazwe ngamazwe ukuthi basindise amakati asendle.
Uxhaso oluhlongozwa ngoLwesihlanu nguNgqongqoshe wezeziMali uP. Chidambaram lulandela isimemezelo emasontweni ambalwa edlule sohlelo lwama-dollar ayizigidi ezingu-153 lokwakha izindawo zokugcina amahlosi, okugcizelela imizamo evuselelwe kahulumeni waseNdiya yokuvikela amakati amakhulu.
Izilinganiso ezintsha ziphakamisa ukuthi inani lamahlosi asendle laseNdiya lehlile lisuka cishe ku-3,600 eminyakeni emihlanu edlule laya cishe ku-1,411, kusho iTiger Project ephethwe uhulumeni ngenyanga edlule.
"Inombolo engu-1,411 kufanele ikhale ... Ingwe isengozini enkulu," kusho uChidambaram etshela iPhalamende ngesikhathi ethula isabelomali sika-2008-2009.
UChidambaram uthe iNational Tiger Conservation Authority izonikezwa cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-13.15 ukuze "iphakamise, ingalo futhi ithumele" i-Tiger Protection Force. Yize isabelomali siyisiphakamiso nje okwamanje, iPhalamende kulindeleke ukuthi lisiphasise ngaphandle kokuphikiswa ekupheleni kwale nyanga.
Abalondolozi bemvelo basamukele isiphakamiso sikahulumeni, bethi kuzodinga amasosha amasha aqeqeshwe ngokukhethekile futhi ahlome ukuze avikele amahlosi kubazingeli.
"Ekugcineni sebebhekana nenkinga ebaluleke kakhulu - ukuzingela ngokungemthetho," kusho uBelinda Wright, umqondisi weWildlife Protection Society of India, ngoMgqibelo. "Ngingacabanga ukuthi uhlelo oluningi olukhona luzothuthukiswa ngokufakwa kwezimali."
I-Tiger Project ihlela ukwakha izindawo zokugcina eziyisishiyagalombili ezintsha ukuze kuvikelwe amahlosi, okuhlanganisa indawo engaphezu kwamakhilomitha-skwele ayi-11,900 ngezindleko ezingaba izigidi ezingu-153 zamaRandi. Amaqembu azimele azonikela ngemali eyengeziwe.
Izigodi ezibalelwa ku-250, noma abantu abalinganiselwa ku-200,000, bazothuthwa ngaphansi kwalolu hlelo. Uhulumeni uthembise umndeni ngamunye othuthiwe imali engango-$25,600.
Inani lamahlosi e-Asia lilinganiselwa ku-3,500 namuhla uma liqhathaniswa nelicishe libe yizi-5,000 ngo-1997, ngokusho kukaWright.
Ngaphandle uma uhulumeni ezithuthukisa kakhulu izinyathelo zokuqiniswa kwabazingeli nabahwebi bezilwane zasendle ngokungemthetho, isibalo samahlosi sizoqhubeka nokuncipha, kusho uWright.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The Tiger Project plans to create eight new reserves to protect the tigers, covering an area of more than 11,900 square miles at a cost about $153 million.
- Chidambaram follows the announcement just weeks ago of a $153 million program to create new tiger reserves, underscoring renewed efforts by India’s government to protect the big cats.
- The Indian government plans to spend more than $13 million establishing a special ranger force to protect the country’s endangered tigers, following pressure from international conservationists to save the wild cats.
