Sisebenzisa ukubhalisa kwakho ukuletha okuqukethwe futhi sithuthukise ukuqonda kwethu ngawe ngendlela oyivumele.Siyaqonda ukuthi lokhu kungase kuhlanganise ukukhangisa okuvela kithi kanye nezinkampani zangaphandle.Ungazikhipha ohlwini nganoma yisiphi isikhathi.Olunye ulwazi
Abantu abahlala emthunzini wezigayo zensimbi bathi izindlu zabo, izimoto nemishini yokuwasha kuhlala “kumbozwe” uthuli olungcolile olubomvana.Izakhamizi zasePort Talbot, eWales, zithe nazo zikhathazekile ngokuthi kuzokwenzekani uma sezihamba ziyothola ukungcola emaphashini.
“Umfana wami omncane ukhwehlela njalo, ikakhulukazi ebusuku.Sasisanda kusuka eYorkshire amasonto amabili futhi akazange akhwehlele nhlobo lapho, kodwa lapho sifika ekhaya waqala ukukhwehlela futhi.Kufanele ukuthi kungenxa yomshini wokugaya insimbi,” kusho uMama.UDonna Ruddock wasePort Talbot.
Ekhuluma neWalesOnline, uthe umndeni wakhe wathuthela emzini okuPenrhyn Street, emthunzini wokugaya insimbi kwaTata, eminyakeni emihlanu edlule futhi bekulokhu kuyimpi kusukela lapho.Isonto nesonto uthi, umnyango wakhe wangaphambili, izitebhisi, amafasitela, nezingosi zamafasitela kugcwele izintuli ezibomvana, kanti umahamba-nendlwana wakhe omhlophe, owawuvame ukuba semgwaqweni, manje usubomvu ngokubomvu.
Akukhona nje ukuthi uthuli alujabulisi nje ukulubheka, uthi, kodwa kungaba nzima futhi kudle isikhathi ukuluhlanza.Ngaphezu kwalokho, uDonna wayekholelwa ukuthi uthuli nokungcola okusemoyeni kuyithinta kabi impilo yezingane zakhe, okuhlanganisa nokubhebhethekisa isifuba somoya sendodana yakhe eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala futhi kubangele ukuba ikhwehlele njalo.
“Uthuli lukhona yonke indawo, ngaso sonke isikhathi.Emotweni, kukharavani, endlini yami.Kukhona nothuli olumnyama emafasiteleni.Ngeke ushiye lutho kulayini – kufanele uwuhlanze futhi!”Kusho uSayi.“Sekuyiminyaka emihlanu silapha futhi akukho okwenziwa ukulungisa le nkinga,” esho, nakuba iTata ithi isisebenzise amaRandi angu-2 200 ohlelweni lwasePort Talbot lokuthuthukisa indawo ezungezile phakathi neminyaka emithathu edlule.
“Ehlobo, kwakudingeka sikhiphe futhi sigcwalise kabusha idamu lokugwedla lendodana yami nsuku zonke ngoba uthuli lwalugcwele yonke indawo.Besingeke sikwazi ukushiya ifenisha yasengadini ngaphandle, izokhavwa,” kwengeza yena.Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi wayeyikhulumile yini indaba kaTata Steel noma iziphathimandla zendawo, wathi, “Azinandaba!”U-Tata uphendule ngokuvula ulayini ohlukile wokwesekwa komphakathi wama-24/7.
UDonna nomndeni wakhe akubona bodwa abathi bathintwa uthuli olusuka emshinini wokugaya insimbi.
“Kubi kakhulu uma lina,” kusho isakhamuzi sasePenrhyn Street.Isakhamuzi sakulendawo uMnu. Tennant uthe usehlale emgwaqeni iminyaka elinganiselwa kwengama-30 kanti uthuli luhlezi luyinkinga.
"Sibe nesiphepho muva nje futhi bekugcwele uthuli olubomvu yonke indawo - bekusemotweni yami," esho."Futhi akukho phuzu kumafasitela amhlophe, uzoqaphela ukuthi abantu abaningi abasizungezile banemibala emnyama."
“Ngangivame ukuba nechibi engadini yami futhi [ligcwele uthuli nemfucumfucu] liyacwebezela,” enezela.“Kwakungekubi kangako, kodwa kwathi ngenye intambama ngihlezi ngaphandle ngiphuza inkomishi yekhofi ngabona ikhofi licwazimula [emfucumfucwini ewayo kanye nothuli olubomvu] – ngabe sengingafuni ukuliphuza!”
Esinye isakhamuzi sakule ndawo sivele samamatheka sakhomba ifasitela laso lapho sibuza ukuthi indlu yaso ayizange ilinyazwe yini uthuli olubomvu noma ukungcola.Isakhamuzi saseCommercial Road uRyan Sherdel, 29, uthe lesi sigayo sensimbi “sibe nomthelela omkhulu” empilweni yakhe yansuku zonke futhi sathi uthuli olubomvu oluwayo luvamise ukuzwa noma kunuke “mpunga”.
“Mina nozakwethu sesineminyaka emithathu nesigamu silapha futhi sesike saba nalolu thuli selokhu sathutha.Ngicabanga ukuthi kuba kubi kakhulu ehlobo uma sesikuqaphela kakhulu.Izimoto, amafasitela, izingadi,” usho kanje.“Mhlawumbe ngikhokhe imali elinganiselwa ku-£100 ukuze ngivikele imoto othulini nokungcola.Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi ungafuna [isinxephezelo] ngalokho, kodwa inqubo ende!”
Uyanezela: “Ngiyakuthanda ukuba ngaphandle phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo.“Kodwa kunzima ukuba ngaphandle – kuyakhathaza futhi kufanele uhlanze ifenisha yasengadini yakho njalo uma ufuna ukuhlala ngaphandle.Ngesikhathi seCovid sisekhaya ngakho-ke ngifuna ukuhlala engadini ngoba ngeke uye ndawo kodwa yonke into insundu!”
Abanye abahlali bakuWyndham Street, eduze noCommercial Road noPenrhyn Street, bathe nabo bakhahlanyezwe wuthuli olubomvu.Abanye bathi abazilengi izingubo ocingweni lwezingubo ukuze kungangeni uthuli olubomvu, kanti isakhamuzi uDavid Thomas ufuna iTata Steel ithweswe icala ngokungcolisa, uyazibuza ukuthi “Kwenzekani kuTata Steel uma bedala uthuli olubomvu, ini?”
UMnu Thomas, 39, uthe bekumele ahlanze ingadi njalo namafasitela angaphandle ukuze angangcoli.UTata kumele ahlawuliswe ngothuli olubomvu nemali enikezwa izakhamuzi zendawo noma edonswe ezikweletini zazo zentela, esho.
Izithombe ezinhle kakhulu ezithathwe isakhamuzi sase-Port Talbot u-Jean Dampier zibonisa amafu othuli ageleza phezu kwezigayo zensimbi, ezindlini nasezingadini e-Port Talbot ekuqaleni kwaleli hlobo.UJen, 71, ucaphuna ifu lothuli ngaleso sikhathi kanye nothuli olubomvu oluhlala luhlala endlini yakhe manje njengoba ezabalaza nokugcina indlu nengadi kuhlanzekile futhi, ngeshwa, inja yakhe inezinkinga zempilo.
Wathuthela endaweni nomzukulu wakhe kanye nenja yabo abayithandayo ehlobo eledlule futhi inja yabo ibilokhu ikhwehlela kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.“Thuli yonke indawo!Sathuthela lapha ngoJulayi odlule futhi inja yami ibilokhu ikhwehlela kusukela lapho.Ukukhwehlela, ukukhwehlela ngemuva kokukhwehlela - uthuli olubomvu nolumhlophe, ”kusho yena.“Ngezinye izikhathi angilali ebusuku ngoba ngizwa umsindo omkhulu [ovela emshinini wokugaywa ngensimbi].”
Nakuba uJin esebenza kanzima esusa uthuli olubomvu emafasiteleni amhlophe angaphambili kwendlu yakhe, uzama ukugwema izinkinga ezingemuva kwendlu, lapho izinsika nezindonga zimnyama.“Ngipende zonke izindonga zengadi zaba mnyama ukuze ungaboni uthuli oluningi, kodwa ungalibona lapho kuvela ifu lothuli!”
Ngeshwa, inkinga yothuli olubomvu oluwela ezindlini nasezingadini ayisiyintsha.Abashayeli bezimoto bathinte iWalesOnline ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuze bathi babone ifu lothuli olunemibala lunyakaza esibhakabhakeni.Ngaleso sikhathi, ezinye izakhamuzi zaze zathi abantu nezilwane babehlupheka ngenxa yezinkinga zempilo.Esinye isakhamuzi esinqabile negama laso sithe: “Besilokhu sizama ukuxhumana ne-Environmental Agency [Natural Resources Wales] mayelana nokwanda kothuli.Ngaze ngahambisa izibalo zezifo zokuphefumula ze-ONS (Office for National Statistics) kuziphathimandla.
“Kwaphuma uthuli olubomvu ezigayweni zensimbi.Bakwenza ebusuku ukuze kungabonakali.Empeleni, ubesemafasiteleni azo zonke izindlu endaweni yaseSandy Fields, ”kusho yena."Izilwane ezifuywayo ziyagula uma zikhotha izidladla zazo."
Ngo-2019, owesifazane wathi uthuli olubomvu oluwela endlini yakhe luguqule impilo yakhe yaba yiphupho elibi.UDenise Giles, ngaleso sikhathi owayeneminyaka engu-62 ubudala, uthe: “Kwakukhungathekisa kakhulu ngoba wawungakwazi nokuvula amafasitela ngaphambi kokuba yonke indlu ebamba ukushisa imbozwe uthuli olubomvu,” esho.“Kunothuli oluningi phambi kwendlu yami, njengengadi yami yasebusika, ingadi yami, kuyangikhathaza kakhulu.Imoto yami ihlezi ingcolile, njengabanye abaqashi.Uma ulenga izingubo zakho ngaphandle, ziba bomvu.Kungani sikhokhela izinto zokomisa nokunye, ikakhulukazi ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka.”
Ibhizinisi njengamanje elibambele i-Tata Steel ngomthelela wayo endaweni yasendaweni yi-Natural Resources Wales Authority (NRW), njengoba uHulumeni waseWales echaza: ukuphathwa kwe-radioactive fallout.
I-WalesOnline ibuze ukuthi yini eyenziwa yi-NRW ukuze isize i-Tata Steel yehlise ukungcoliswa komhlaba nokuthi yiluphi usizo olutholakala kubahlali abathintekile yikho.
UCaroline Drayton, oyi-Operations Manager kwa-Natural Resources Wales, uthe: “Njengomlawuli wezimboni e-Wales, kuwumsebenzi wethu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi bathobela izindinganiso zokungcola ezibekwe ngokomthetho ukuze banciphise umthelela wemisebenzi yabo endaweni ezungezile nasemiphakathini yendawo.Siyaqhubeka nokulawula i-Tata Steel ngokusebenzisa izilawuli zemvelo ukuze silawule ukukhishwa kwezigayo zensimbi, okuhlanganisa nokukhipha uthuli, futhi sifune okunye ukuthuthukiswa kwemvelo.”
“Abahlali bendawo abahlangabezana nanoma yiziphi izinkinga ngale sayithi bangabika ku-NRW ku-03000 65 3000 noma ku-inthanethi ku-www.naturalresources.wales/reportit, noma bathinte i-Tata Steel ku-0800 138 6560 noma ku-inthanethi ku-www.tatasteeleurope.com/complaint”.
UStephen Kinnock, iLungu lePhalamende le-Aberavon, uthe: “Imboni yensimbi yasePort Talbot idlala indima ebalulekile emnothweni wethu nasemphakathini wethu, kodwa kubalulekile ngokufanayo ukuthi konke kwenziwa ukuze kuncishiswe umthelela emvelweni.Ngihlale ngithintana egameni lamalungu ami, nabaphathi emsebenzini, ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi konke kwenziwayo ukuxazulula inkinga yothuli.
“Esikhathini eside, le nkinga ingaxazululeka kanye kuphela ngokusuka ezithandweni eziqhumayo iye ekukhiqizeni insimbi engangcolisi nhlobo ngokusekelwe ezithandweni zikagesi ze-arc.ukushintsha uguquko embonini yethu yensimbi.”
Okhulumela i-Tata Steel uthe: “Sizibophezele ekuqhubekeni nokutshala imali embonini yethu yasePort Talbot ukuze sinciphise umthelela wethu esimweni sezulu kanye nemvelo yendawo futhi lokhu kusengenye yezinto eziza kuqala kithi.
“Eminyakeni emithathu edlule, sisebenzise u-£22 million ohlelweni lwethu lokuthuthukisa imvelo e-Port Talbot, oluhlanganisa ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zokukhipha uthuli nokukhipha intuthu emsebenzini wethu wempahla eluhlaza, kwiziko eliqhumayo nezigayo zensimbi.Siphinde sitshale imali ekuthuthukiseni i-PM10 (izinhlayiyana ezisemoyeni ezingaphansi kosayizi othile) kanye nezinhlelo zokuqapha uthuli ezivumela ukuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo zokulungisa nezokunqanda lapho sihlangabezana nanoma yiziphi izikhathi zokuntengantenga kokusebenza njengalezo esisanda kuba nazo ezithandweni eziqhumayo. .
“Siyabazisa ubudlelwano bethu obuqinile ne-Natural Resources Wales, engagcini nje ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi sisebenza ngaphakathi kwemingcele esemthethweni ebekiwe embonini yethu, kodwa futhi eqinisekisa ukuthi sithatha izinyathelo ezisheshayo neziwujuqu uma kwenzeka kuba nesigameko.Siphinde sibe nolayini ozimele wosekelo lwe-24/7 womphakathi.abafisa izakhamuzi zendawo bangabhekana nemibuzo ngabodwana (0800 138 6560).
“ITata Steel cishe ibambe iqhaza kakhulu kunezinkampani eziningi emiphakathini esebenza kuyo.Njengoba uJamsetji Tata, omunye wabasunguli bale nkampani, ethe: “Umphakathi awuyena nje omunye umuntu obambe iqhaza ebhizinisini lethu, yisizathu sokuba khona kwalo.”Ngakho-ke, siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokweseka izinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi eziningi, imicimbi kanye nezinhlelo esethemba ukuthi zizofinyelela kubafundi abangaba ngu-300, abafundi abasafunda esikoleni esiphakeme kanye nabafunda umsebenzi ngonyaka ozayo kuphela.”
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