BAGUIO CITY - Kuganiza bwino kumauza anthu ambiri kuti misewu imatsogolera matauni kuti apambane pachuma.
Koma mapu ena ofotokoza njira zachikale, zomwe zimagwirizanitsa makilomita 500 a nkhalango zolemera za Cordillera, zikhoza kukhala zonse zomwe anthu akumidzi amafunikira kuti abweretse malonda amakono kwa iwo.
Katswiri wa zachilengedwe wa ku Ibaloi Jose Alipio wa ku yunivesite ya Ateneo de Manila anapatsa akatswiri mapu a njira ina pa Msonkhano Wapadziko Lonse woyamba wa Cordillera Studies wothandizidwa ndi University of the Philippines Baguio sabata yatha.
Bungwe la National Economic and Development Authority linatha zaka makumi awiri likukambirana za ndalama kuti amalize ntchito yokonza msewu wa Cordillera, misewu yambiri yomwe imagwirizanitsa Baguio City ku Benguet, Province la Mt., Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao ndi Abra.
Derali limaona kuti matauni ake ambiri ndi anthu osauka kwambiri.
Koma m'malo mongofuna misewu ya konkire, boma liyenera kuyamba kupanga misewu yadothi, adatero Alipio, wopindula ndi National Geographic Society.
Kupititsa patsogolo njira "kumabweretsa ndalama m'midzi yakutali popanda [kupatula] pamtengo wopangira misewu," adatero.
Makampani oyamba omwe angagwiritse ntchito bwino mayendedwe ndi zokopa alendo, adatero, chifukwa alendo akunja omwe amapita ku Cordillera adakokedwa kumeneko ndi kampeni ya boma yotsatsa zokopa alendo.
Alipio adati njira zambiri zamtunduwu zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito kwazaka zambiri kunyamula katundu wamsika kuti achite malonda ndi matauni oyandikana nawo.
Anthu ambiri akumidzi yaku Cordillera akhala akudikirira boma kuti liwapangire misewu yoyenera, adatero.
Malinga ndi tsamba la dipatimenti ya Public Works and Highways, Cordillera ili ndi msewu wamakilomita 1,844.
Koma makilomita 510 okha a misewu imeneyi ndi yopakidwa ndi konkire, ndipo pafupifupi makilomita 105 yokutidwa ndi phula.
Chidwi cha anthu chakhazikika pa msewu waukulu wa Halsema, womwe ndi msewu waukulu pakati pa Benguet ndi Mt. Province womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito kunyamula masamba a saladi atsiku ndi tsiku kupita ku Metro Manila.
Pakuwunika kwaposachedwa ndi Regional Development Council, kusiyana kwachuma kukukakamizabe boma kuyimitsa mapulani okonza misewuyi.
Alipio anapereka chifukwa cha kuchedwetsa: “Ndikanakhala wamalonda, ndipo ndikanamanga nsewu wa P50 miliyoni [wopindulitsa] nyumba zisanu m’mudzi, kodi ndingabweze bwanji P50 miliyoni imeneyo?”
Njira ina ya misewu "imabweretsa chuma chakunja kumudzi m'malo mobweretsa mudzi kumsika."
Alipio yemwe ali ndi digiri ya masters mu kasamalidwe ka chilengedwe adavomereza kuti nkhawa yake yayikulu inali kuchepa kwa nkhalango m'chigawocho.
Kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa konkire kuyenera kuteteza chilengedwe cha derali, ndikulola anthu amkati kuti agwiritse ntchito madzi, nthaka ndi maluwa awo panjira yawoyawo, adatero.
Iye adati kafukufuku wake woyamba adawonetsa kugwirizana pakati pa kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwakukulu kwa chuma cha nkhalango ndi chuma chaderalo.
Iye adati anthu ambiri a Cordillera asamukira kumizinda kapena kunja kukagwira ntchito, ndipo ndalama zomwe amatumiza kwawo zimatsimikizira kuchuluka kwa mitengo yomwe imadulidwa kuti ikhale mafuta pafupi ndi midzi yawo.
Njira yoyendetserayi ikufuna kuti anthu azipanga "mapu azikhalidwe" awoawo chifukwa midzi imakhala "malo otetezedwa mwachinyengo."
"Chomwe tikufuna kuwonetsa pano ndi zokopa alendo zomwe alendo amaphunzira kuchokera kwa anthu ammudzi m'malo mokakamiza zomwe akufuna kwa anthu amderalo," adatero Alipio.
Ananenanso kuti iye ndi anzawo azachilengedwe adalemba njira zoyambira zomwe zimatsogolera kumadera otchuka a Cordillera.
Koma mayendedwe "asanayambike malonda," anthu akumidzi ayeneranso kupanga njira zomwe zingathetse mavuto omwe amatsagana ndi zokopa alendo, adatero.
Anatinso madera akuyeneranso kudziwa momwe anganyamulire "kutengera" kwa alendo.
Mwachitsanzo, Bhutan ku Himalayas, imafuna kuti alendo odzaona malo awononge ndalama zosachepera $500. Izi zimathandiza kuchepetsa chiwerengero cha alendo kumeneko, adatero.
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