Source: Mafi Girma Kashmir by Arif Shafi Wani
'Dorewa mai dorewa ya haɓaka Caparfin Ruwa'
Bayan fiye da shekaru 50, asalin asalin Ellicott® na dredge na Jhelum kiyaye dredge yana aiki tare da samfurin yanzu.
Srinagar, Sep 16: Wani gagarumin aiki na kwato rafin Kashmir na rayuwar Jhelum ya fara bayar da sakamako mai kyau tare da gwamnatin Jammu da Kashmir suna masu cewa barazanar ambaliyar da aka samu sakamakon ruwan sama ba da dadewa ba ya ragu saboda matakan kiyaye kiyayewa a kogin a arewacin Kashmir.
Jhelum wanda shine asalin maɓuɓɓugar ban ruwa a kwarin ya lalace ta hanyar lalacewar cikin fewan shekarun da suka gabata. Idan babu wasu matakan kiyayewa, kogin ya rasa ƙarfin yin amfani da shi kuma hakan ya haifar da toshe tashoshinsa guda ɗaya na Baramulla, yana haifar da haɗarin ambaliyar a cikin Kwarin.
Bayan shekaru masu yawa na jinkirta mummunan aiki, Babban Ministan, Omar Abdullah, ya fito daga yankin Baramulla na arewacin Kashmir a farkon wannan shekara. Yunkurin kiyayewa ya samu babban ci gaba bayan da Gwamnatin kasar ta samar da wasu fasahohin zamani guda biyu wadanda aka kera a Amurka don yin aikin share fage.
“Ayyukan kiyayewa da ke gudana a Jhelum a gundumar Baramulla sun yi nasara saboda za mu iya guje wa barazanar ambaliyar kwanan nan. Ta hanyar haƙawa a koyaushe, mun cire shingaye a cikin kogin a Baramulla kuma mun ƙara yawan damar fitar kogin, "Taj Mohi-ud-Din, Ministan Ban ruwa da Kula da Ambaliyar ya gaya wa Greater Kashmir.
Asali daga Verinag a kudancin Kashmir, Jhelum ya haɗu da rafuka huɗu, Surendran, Brang, Arapath da Lidder a kudancin Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag). Bayan haka, kananan koguna kamar Veshara da Rambiara suma suna ciyar da kogin da ruwa mai dadi.
Jhelum yana nufar hanyar maciji daga Kudu zuwa Kashmir ta Arewa kuma ya sauka a Wullar, babban tafkin ruwa na Asiya, kafin ya kwarara zuwa cikin Pakistan wanda ke kula da Kashmir ta Baramulla. Masana sun ce mummunar ambaliyar a cikin 1959 ta haifar da tasirin baya ga Jhelum saboda ƙananan kwararar daga tafkin Wullar da ke arewacin Kashmir wanda kusan an shaƙe shi saboda ɗimbin tarin rami da ƙaramar hanyar fitarwa.
“Mun cire ton na tonan silili a cikin hanyar fitar da mai. Jhelum Conservation Project yana ci gaba da cin gashin kansa yayin da siyar da ƙaramar ta kawowa Gwamnati sama da rupees miliyan biyu a cikin fewan watannin da suka gabata. Za mu yi amfani da wannan kudin a cikin kiyayewar kogin na dogon lokaci, ”in ji Taj inda ya kara da cewa, wadannan diredan da Amurka ta kera biyu sun gaggauta aikin kiyayewa.
Kamfanin Ellicott Dredges na Amurka ne ya kera masu aikin hakar - daya daga cikin tsofaffin masana'antun kera kayan. Ba zato ba tsammani, Ellicott Dredges ya ba da kayan aikin Ellicott® na farko don kiyaye Jhelum a cikin 1960. Firayim Minista Jawahar Lal Nehru ne ya ba da izinin dredger din.
An ayyana ta a farashin Rs 12 crores, dredgers mai suna Soya II da Budshah II an tsara su don gudanar da zurfin ruwa. Aijaz Rasool na wakilin KEC Mumbai na Ellicott Dredges a Indiya ya ce aikin ya na ci gaba da yaduwa a Janbazpora da Juhama a Baramulla.
“Ta hanyar ci gaba da dredging a wadannan wurare, za mu iya guje wa mitar shekaru ɗari na ambaliyar ruwa a cikin kwarin. Amma wannan bai yiwu ba ba tare da dredgers ba, ”ya kara da cewa.
Jami'ai sun ce Firayim Ministan Jammu na wancan lokacin da Kashmir Bakshi Ghulam Muhammad a ƙarshen shekarun 50s sun kusanci Gwamnatin Indiya don neman ƙwararrun masaniya da warware matsalar injiniya. A karkashin jagorancin kwararru na Hukumar Kula da Ruwa ta Tsakiya, an tsara Jagora don aikin hako Jhelum daga Wullar zuwa Khadanyar.
Wannan aikin ya hango zurfafa da fadada Jhelum daga Ningli zuwa Sheeri ta hanyar injina masu aiki da injina. Koyaya, a wancan lokacin, ba a ƙirƙirar dredgers ko samuwa a cikin Indiya ba. Jami'ai sun ce saboda sa hannun Firayim Minista Jawahar Lal Nehru ne ya sa aka sayo masu kayan.
“Duk da haka, aikin hakowa ya ci gaba har zuwa 1986. An dakatar da shi ne saboda rashin isassun kayan aiki da wuraren adana kayan aiki. Tun daga wannan lokacin tonon silili ya faru a Jhelum saboda saurin lalacewar abubuwan da take kamawa. Wannan ya rage ingancin ambaliyar ruwan ta hanyar tashar Jhelum da ke dauke da caji daga dakon takardu 35000 a shekarar 1975 zuwa cibiyoyin 20000 a halin yanzu, ”in ji jami’ai.
Sashen Ban ruwa da Ruwa na ambaliyar ruwa a cikin 2009 ya aika aikin Rs 2000 crore zuwa Ma'aikatar Albarkatun Ruwa don takunkumi. Aikin ya hada da ayyukan dawo da abubuwa da dama wadanda suka hada da inganta aikin Jhelum na aikin yashe hanyoyin tashoshi, kariya, da ayyukan hana zaizayar kasa da kuma kara ingancin ruwa.
Duk da haka, Ma'aikatar ta amince da wani bangare na aikin da ya ci Rs 97 crores don sauƙaƙe ayyukan kai tsaye ciki har da sayan injuna da haƙa ruwa a Jhelum, musamman hanyoyin ambaliyar sa a Srinagar da kwararar ruwa a Daubgah da Ningli a Baramulla. Taj ya ce duk bayanan da suka shafi shan ruwa da matakan shan ruwa, ma'aunin ambaliyar ruwa da kuma karfin daukewar Jhelum cikin shekaru 50 da suka gabata an sanya su cikin lambobi.
"Mun kuma gudanar da aikin tono hanyoyin kwararar ruwa a Srinagar da wasu yankunan da ke makwabtaka da su ba tare da kaddamar da zirga-zirga daga Sonwar zuwa Old City ba. Bayan kammala aikin hakowa, mun kuma shirya cire duk wasu kutse a gabar kogin daga Islamabad zuwa Baramulla. Taj ya kara da cewa, a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, Jhelum za ta dawo da kyanta.
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