Abahlaziyi bathi ingqalasizinda ekhulisa ukukhula ibeka engcupheni izikweletu zaseBeijing
Amaphrojekthi enziwe ngaphansi kwe-Belt and Road Initiative ehlongozwa yiShayina athuthukise intuthuko yezomnotho yaseSri Lanka, njengoba impumelelo yawo ifaka izinsolo ezingamanga zokuthi usizo lubamba amazwe ezikweletini eziphezulu, kusho abahlaziyi.
Ngokuphambene nendaba esakazwa abagxeki baseBeijing yalokho okubizwa ngokuthi ugibe lwezikweletu, usizo lwaseShayina selube ngumshayeli wokukhula komnotho kwesikhathi eside kwamazwe ahlanganyela ku-BRI, kusho abahlaziyi. ESri Lanka, amaphrojekthi eColombo Port City kanye neHambantota Port, kanye nokwakhiwa kweSouthern Expressway, aphakathi kwemisebenzi emikhulu ehlobene nohlelo lokukhulisa ingqalasizinda.
I-Colombo Port ibekwe endaweni yama-22 ohlwini lwamachweba emhlabeni wonke kulo nyaka. Ithole ukukhula ngamaphesenti ayi-6 kumthamo wempahla ephathwayo, yafinyelela kumayunithi alingana nezigidi eziyi-7.25 ngo-2021, kusho abezindaba be-Sri Lanka Ports Authority ngoMsombuluko.
Inhloko yeziphathimandla zamachweba, uPrasantha Jayamanna, utshele i-Daily FT, iphephandaba laseSri Lanka, ukuthi ukwanda komsebenzi kuyakhuthaza, nokuthi uMengameli uGotabaya Rajapaksa uthe ufuna ichweba lingene phakathi kwezingu-15 eziphezulu ohlwini lomhlaba wonke ngo-2025.
IColombo Port City ibhekwa njengendawo yokuhlala ehamba phambili, yokuthengisa kanye neyamabhizinisi eNingizimu Asia, kanye neChina Harbour Engineering Company eyenza imisebenzi, okuhlanganisa nesiqhingi sokwenziwa.
"Leli zwe elibuyiselwe linikeza iSri Lanka ithuba lokudweba kabusha imephu nokwakha idolobha elinezilinganiso kanye nokusebenza okuhle kakhulu emhlabeni kanye nokuncintisana neDubai noma iSingapore," kusho uSaliya Wickramasuriya, ilungu leKhomishini Yezomnotho yaseColombo Port City, etshela abezindaba.
Inzuzo enkulu
Ngokuphathelene neHambantota Port, ukusondela kwayo emizileni emikhulu yolwandle kusho ukuthi kuyinzuzo enkulu yalo msebenzi.
UNdunankulu waseSri Lanka uMahinda Rajapaksa ubonge iShayina "ngokusekela kwayo isikhathi eside nokwesikhathi eside intuthuko yezomnotho nezenhlalo yezwe".
Njengoba izwe lifuna ukululama emiphumeleni yalolu bhubhane, abagxeki baseShayina baphinde bathi iSri Lanka ibhekene nezikweletu ezibizayo, kanti abanye bathi amaphrojekthi asizwa yiShayina ayiwona ama-white elephant.
USirimal Abeyratne, uprofesa wezomnotho eNyuvesi yaseColombo, utshele i-China Daily ukuthi iSri Lanka yavula imakethe yayo yezibopho kutshalomali lwangaphandle ngo-2007, futhi cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo yaqala ukuboleka imali kwezentengiselwano, "okungahlobene nezemali mboleko zaseShayina".
I-China yabeka amaphesenti ayi-10 esikweletu sangaphandle sesizwe sasesiqhingini esingu-$35 billion ngo-Ephreli 2021, ngokusho kwedatha evela kuMnyango Wezinsiza Zangaphandle waseSri Lanka, kanti iJapane nayo yabeka amaphesenti angaba yi-10. I-China ingumboleki wesine ngobukhulu eSri Lanka, ngemuva kwezimakethe zezimali zomhlaba wonke, i-Asian Development Bank kanye neJapane.
Iqiniso lokuthi iShayina ikhulunywe kakhulu endabeni yabagxeki yogibe lwezikweletu libonisa izinga abazama ngalo ukuhlambalaza amaphrojekthi aseShayina kanye ne-BRI esifundeni sase-Asia-Pacific, kusho uWang Peng, umcwaningi e-Center for American Studies eZhejiang International Studies University.
Ngokusho kweBhange Lomhlaba kanye ne-International Monetary Fund, isizwe sidlula uphawu lwengozi uma isikweletu saso sangaphandle sidlula amaphesenti angama-40 omkhiqizo wasekhaya.
"Ikhono leSri Lanka lokuthuthuka njengesikhungo sezokuthutha sesifunda kanye nesikhungo sokuthumela izimpahla ukuze sithole izinzuzo ze-BRI lagqanyiswa kakhulu," kubhala uSamitha Hettige, umeluleki weKhomishini Yezemfundo Kazwelonke yaseSri Lanka, esitatimendeni ku-Ceylon Today.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-18-2022
