దక్షిణాఫ్రికాలో చితికిన రాజహంసల బతుకులు - drought

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రాజహంస

Published : Feb 4, 2019, 8:09 PM IST

దక్షిణాఫ్రికాలో రాజహంసల (ఫ్లెమింగోస్)కు తీవ్ర సమస్య వచ్చిపడింది. ఊహించని కరవుతో కళ్లు కూడా తెరవని చిన్న పక్షి పిల్లలు ఆది లోనే అకాల మరణం చెందుతున్నాయి. రాజహంసలు సంతానోత్పత్తికి ప్రధాన కేంద్రంగా ఉన్న కింబెర్లీలోని జలాశయం కరవు వల్ల ఎండిపోయింది. వేడిగా మారిన వాతవరణం చుట్టుపక్కల ప్రదేశాలను అట్టుడికిస్తూ పక్షుల జీవితాలను అతలాకుతలం చేస్తోంది.

రాజహంస

తినడానికి సరైన ఆహారం లేక, తాగడానికి నీరు లేక పక్షుల జీవితాలు చితికిపోతున్నాయి. గుడ్డు పొరను పగలగొట్టి బయటకు రావడానికి చిన్న పిల్లలు అష్టకష్టాలు పడుతున్నాయి. ఏదోలా బయటపడ్డప్పటికీ ఎక్కువకాలం బతకలేకపోతున్నాయి.

అధికారుల ఏర్పాట్లు

రాజహంసల దయనీయ పరిస్థితి తెలుసుకున్న అధికారులకు వేలకొలది రాజహంస పిల్లల కళేబరాలు దర్శనమిచ్చాయి. ఈ దృశ్యాన్ని చూసిన అధికారులు ద్రవించిన హృదయంతో మిగిలిన పిల్లలను రక్షించే ప్రయత్నాలు చేస్తున్నారు.

స్థానికుల సాయంతో ప్రత్యేక విమానం ఏర్పాటు చేసి మొదటి విడతలో దాదాపు 900 పిల్లలను కింబెర్లీ నుంచి రాజధాని ప్రిటోరియాకు తరలించి తగిన ఆహారాన్ని అందిస్తున్నారు.

6-8వేల పిల్లలు అక్కడే..!

మొత్తంగా 3000 పిల్లలను ప్రిటోరియాకు పంపినట్లు అధికారులు తెలిపారు. మిగతా 6 నుంచి 8 వేల పిల్లలను విమానంలో తరలించేంత వయసు లేనందున జలాశయంలోనే విడిచిపెట్టామన్నారు.

ఇప్పటికైతే ఎలాగోలా రక్షించాం... వచ్చే ఏడాది కూడా కరవు వస్తే పరిస్థితేంటని అధికారులు ఆలోచిస్తున్నారు.

రాజహంస

అధికారుల ఏర్పాట్లు

6-8వేల పిల్లలు అక్కడే..!

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Khartoum, Sudan - 3 February 2019
1. Various of protester Safa Amin packing her bag with items she uses at demonstrations including face masks
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Safa Amin, protester:
"We prepare the masks by sprinkling them with vinegar and then during the march itself, my friends and I, we keep vinegar and masks with us and other first aid items, and give them to the other participants."
3. Amin greeting a friend
4. Various of Amin and her friend watching protest video on mobile phone
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Safa Amin, protester:
"We have to continue at the same pace because if we stop then the result will be very bad, as it was in 2013. We have to keep going because there are people who lost their lives and children (in these protests) and we should do them justice."
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Khartoum, Sudan - 1 February 2019
6. Secretary for Women's Affairs for Sudan's National Congress Party Qamar Habani at her desk
7. Habani's name plate
8. Close of Habani's hands
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qamar Habani, Secretary for Women's Affairs for Sudan's National Congress Party:
"In the field of women's affairs, we don't separate ourselves from this political discussion, and so, young women should not be left out from this ongoing political and societal discussion. But I think we need a dialogue in particular for the young people who are going out to protest. And I think right now there is an opportunity for people of all different backgrounds to sit together and discuss."
10. Habani at her desk.
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Khartoum, Sudan - 17 January 2019
11. Protesters, a number of them women, chanting "We are not scared, you, the illegitimate, should be."
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Omdurman, Sudan - 24 January 2019
12. Protesters marching and chanting "just leave" and "revolution." (UPSOUND) Tear gas being fired by security forces
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Since Sudan erupted in near-daily protests in December, thousands of young people have taken to the streets calling for longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir and his party to step down from power.
In a departure from tradition, many of those marching and chanting against the government are young women.
Before heading out to a protest, Safa Amin packs a bag with surgical masks, a bottle of vinegar and other essentials that she uses to help those overcome by tear gas fumes.
Young women like Amin say they have a key part to play and wouldn't think of staying inside while others risked their lives.
She hopes the minimal first aid she and her friends give to other protesters helps keep people marching.
"We have to continue at the same pace because if we stop then the result will be very bad, as it was in 2013, we have to keep going because there are people who lost their lives and children (in these protests) and we should do them justice," says Amin.
Sudan did not experience Arab Spring protests like those that swept several Arab nations in 2011.
The closest Sudan came to a full-fledged uprising was in 2013, when a spike in fuel prices sparked street protests.
Authorities brutally quashed them, killing at least 200 demonstrators, according to activists and rights groups.
But the current unrest has almost surpassed that of 2013.
Live rounds fired by security forces have killed at least two dozen demonstrators.
Authorities have also used tear gas, rubber bullets, live ammunition and have beaten protesters with batons to quell the unrest.
They have slapped emergency laws and night-time curfews on some cities and suspended classes in schools and universities across much of Sudan.
The demonstrations began in opposition to surging prices and a failing economy, but quickly shifted to calls for an end to al-Bashir's nearly three-decade rule.
Al-Bashir, who seized power in a military coup in 1989, insists that only an election, which he intends to run in, could bring change.
Qamar Habani, Secretary for Women's affairs for Al-Bashir's National Congress Party, says she believes women's' voices are an important part of the ongoing political discussion.
She said the young protesters now have an opportunity for a dialogue and should seize it.
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