I-New Delhi/Ahmedabad - Ngethemba lokuheha izivakashi ezingaba ngu-5,000 ukuzobuka ukusitheka kwelanga ngoJulayi 22 esifundeni sase-Surat, okungenye yezindawo zaseNdiya lapho kuzobonakala khona ukusitheka kwelanga okuphelele, uhulumeni waseGujarat ngoMgqibelo umemezele ukuthi uzohlinzeka ngokugibela mahhala abantu bokuqala abangama-200 ababhalisa nabo.
Izivakashi zizohlaliswa ezindlini zabantu bendawo e-Surat mahhala ngaphansi kohlelo olubizwa ngokuthi 'Atithi devo bhava' (isivakashi sicishe sifane nonkulunkulu).
“Silindele ukwamukela izivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-5,000 ngesikhathi sokusitheka kwelanga e-Surat. Kwenziwe amalungiselelo abanzi ezivakashi zasekhaya nezakwamanye amazwe, abafundi nososayensi abavakashela le ndawo ukuze babone okwenzeka emkhathini,” kusho uKishor Rao, unobhala weGujarat Tourism.
Abantu abathanda ukuthola izihambi zamahhala kuzodingeka babhalise nabaphathi besifunda sase-Surat.
Ukufiphala kwelanga kwangomhla zingama-22 kuJulayi, okuvela eGulf of Cambay e-Surat, kulindeleke ukuthi kuthathe imizuzu engu-6 nemizuzwana engu-44, okukwenze kube ukufiphala kwelanga okude kunawo wonke kuleli khulu leminyaka. Umbukwane olandelayo wasezulwini uzokwenzeka ngo-2132.
"Iminyango eyahlukene kahulumeni waseGujarat isebenzisana ukuze ihlonze izindawo ezihlukene zokubuka ukusitheka kwelanga kanye nezinhlelo kanye nemisebenzi yokuxhumana ukuze kuqondwe lesi sigameko," kusho uRao.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Hoping to attract around 5,000 tourists to watch the solar eclipse on July 22 in Surat district, one of the places in India where the total eclipse will be visible, the Gujarat government on Saturday announced it would offer free boarding to the first 200 people registering with them.
- The July 22 total solar eclipse, originating in the Gulf of Cambay in Surat, is expected to last 6 minutes and 44 seconds, making it the longest eclipse of the century.
- The tourists will be accommodated in the homes of local people in Surat free of charge under a scheme called ‘Atithi devo bhava’.
