Karancin ruwa na barazana ga Bangkok

Bangkok na fuskantar barazanar karancin ruwa a lokacin noman rani na bana, yayin da manoma a lardunan tsakiyar kasar suka bijirewa shawarar RID na kada su shuka shinkafa bayan girbi na yanzu.

Ya zuwa yanzu sun riga sun yi amfani da ruwa mai cubic biliyan 1 fiye da yadda aka saba. Wannan ruwan ya kamata ya kasance a hannun jari idan lokacin rani ya fara wata mai zuwa. Bukatar ruwa ya fi yawa sakamakon karuwar yankin shinkafa zuwa rai miliyan 8, wanda ya ninka adadin rai miliyan 4 da hukumar kula da ban ruwa ta Royal (RID) ke amfani da shi.

Ana hako ruwan ne daga manyan tafkunan ruwa guda biyu Bhumibol da ke lardin Tak da Sirikit a Uttaradit. Matsayin ruwan ya ragu zuwa ƙaramin matakin da ba a taɓa gani ba a cikin lokaci guda. Tafkin Bhumibol yanzu ya cika kashi 49 cikin dari, Sirikit kashi 55 cikin dari. Babban abin da ke haifar da karancin ruwan sama, in ji Royal Chitradon, darektan Cibiyar Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute.

Kakakin RID, Thanar Suwattana, ya ce an tilasta wa RID ci gaba da samar da ruwa ga lardunan tsakiyar kasar, in ba haka ba da shinkafar ta lalace, wanda hakan zai janyo hasarar dimbin manoma. Kuma tuni suka shiga cikin mawuyacin hali a halin yanzu ganin yadda kudaden shinkafar da aka mika a baya suka tsaya cak.

Thanar ya shawarci manoman yankin da su daina noman shinkafa. Idan sun yi haka, RID zai ƙare da ruwa, ba kawai ga gonakin su na shinkafa ba, har ma da jama'ar ƙasa. "Idan manoman ba su ba da hadin kai ba, mutanen da ke zaune a Bangkok za su fuskanci karancin ruwa a bana." Haɗari na biyu shine salinization, saboda ƙarancin ruwa a cikin koguna yana ba da damar ruwan teku ya shiga.

Arewa maso gabas

Halin da ake ciki a Arewa maso Gabas ya fi girma, in ji Royal. Yawan ruwan sama ya sa ruwan da ke cikin tafkin Lam Takhong (Nakhon Ratchasima) ya kai kashi 80 cikin dari, Chulabhorn (Chaiyaphum) zuwa kashi 68 cikin dari da Uborat (Khon Kaen) zuwa kashi 58.

Abin damuwa, a daya bangaren, shine karancin ruwa na wata da kogin Mekong. Ruwan da ke cikin Mekong yana da nisan mita 14 a ƙarƙashin bankunan wannan karshen mako. Mazauna yankin sun ce wannan ba sabon abu ba ne a lokacin shekara. Suna zargin hakan na faruwa ne saboda rufe madatsar ruwan kasar China domin kula da shi. Bugu da ƙari, lokacin rani ya fara a baya fiye da yadda aka saba, sun lura.

(Source: bankok mail, Fabrairu 10, 2014)

Photo: Kogin wata a Satuk (Buri Ram) ya kusan bushewa.

NB Taswirar ta nuna tsakiyar Thailand mai larduna 26. Ban san wace karamar hukuma ce a yankin da ake kira Central Plains ba. Watakila mai karatu zai iya fayyace.