Kutsvaga kuvandudza kuchengetedzwa kweveruzhinji pamakungwa makuru, seneta wehurumende akaunza bhiri reChishanu raizoda kuti ngarava dzekufamba nechikepe dzinobva kuCalifornia ports dzive nemupurisa werunyararo.
Kana chiyero ichi chikapfuura, California ichange iine mitemo yehurumende yakaomesesa pamadhora mazana matatu nemashanu emabhiriyoni emadhora indasitiri, iyo yave pasi pekongiresi uye kuongororwa neveruzhinji mushure menyaya dzakati wandei dzevanhu vakashaika, vafambi vakapfuura uye nekushungurudzwa pabonde mumakore achangopfuura.
"Tine vafambisi vendege mundege dzine mazana maviri evatakuri, asi isu hatina munhu ari mungarava dzinofamba nechikepe nekagumi nhamba yevafambi," akadaro Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), the munyori webhiri.
Vakuru verunyararo, avo mihoro yaizopihwa mari yemadhora 1-a-zuva-yemufambi, vaizoshanda semainjiniya ane marezenisi emugungwa kuti vatarise kutevedzerwa kwemitemo yezvakatipoteredza iyo Simitian yakarwira.
Ngarava dzengarava dzinohaya vatariri vadzo vega, asi zvakanyanya, magweta nevakuru vezvemitemo vari kubvunza kana izvo zvakakwana. Congress subcommittes vakaita hurukuro dzekuti indasitiri inobata sei zviitiko zvehutsotsi uye zvichemo mumaguta avo anoyangarara.
"Kuchengetedzwa kwechikepe kunoshanda kune rwendo rwechikepe - kwete yevafambi uye kwete yeruzhinji," akadaro Simitian. "Pane kunetsana kwakazvarwa kwechido pakati pezvinangwa zvehukama neveruzhinji zvemushandirwi uye nekuchengetedzwa kweveruzhinji zvinodiwa nemutyairi."
Vakuru veindasitiri vanoramba vachiti ngarava dzavo dzakachengeteka uye vakapokana nezvinoitwa zvekutonga. Ivo havasati vatora chinzvimbo pamutemo weSimitian.
"Isu hatisi kukwanisa kupa chero maonero pamusoro pemutemo uyu kusvika tawana mukana wekuuongorora," akadaro Eric Ruff, mutauriri weCruise Lines International Assn.
California's $ 1.9-bhiriyoni yekushambadzira indasitiri, ine zviteshi muLong Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco neSan Diego, inomiririra ingangoita gumi neina muzana yeUS. Pamwe chete, vanopfuura mamirioni 14 vafambi vakapinda muCalifornia muna 1.2.
Bhiri raSimitian rinovaka pamutemo wapfuura waakanyora uchirambidza ngarava kupisa marara kana kurasa tsvina yetsvina kana tsvina ine ngozi mukati memamaira matatu emhenderekedzo yegungwa. Bhiri razvino uno rakateedzerwa mushure mechirongwa chevaridzi vegungwa muAlaska, uko vavhoti vakabvumidza chirongwa chekuvhota chakaomesesa muna 2006 chekuisa mainjiniya ezvemamiriro ekunze ane mvumo yeCoast Guard mungarava dzekufamba.
"Chinangwa ndechekuva nemuchengeti wegungwa kuWest Coast yese, nekuti ngarava dzinofamba nechikepe dzinoenda nekudzoka pakati pezviteshi," akadaro Gershon Cohen weEarth Island Institute, sangano rekuchengetedza.
Kune varairi vegungwa "muAlaska, asi vanogona kurasira muCalifornia, Oregon neBritish Columbia uye ndiani achaziva?" Cohen akawedzera. "Une zero-discharge policy muCalifornia, asi hauzive kana paine ari kuzviita nekuti hapana kuteedzera uye hapana nzira yekutarisa kuteererwa."
Kendall Carver, mutungamiri uye mubatsiri weInternational Cruise Victims, boka rakakurudzira kuti hurumende itonge indasitiri iyi, vakati sangano ravo rakafara nebhiri iri. "Iri ringava danho rakanaka kumberi."
Kunzwa kweCongressional nezvekuchengetedzwa kwechikepe kwakajekesa chokwadi chekuti vashandi vengarava havana kudzidziswa kuferefeta mhosva. Uyezve, mazuva anogona kupfuura pakati pekunge mhosva yaparwa muchikepe uye kana ngarava yasvika pachiteshi uye kuferefetwa kwepamutemo kunogona kutanga. Uchapupu hunogona kusvibiswa, kana hukaunganidzwa zvachose.
Laurie Dishman, mugari wemuSacramento akataura kuti akabatwa chibharo mungarava yeRoyal Caribbean yaienda kuCabo San Lucas, Mexico, kubva kuLong Beach, akapupura pamberi peUS Congress gore rapfuura nezvekukumbirwa kutora humbowo hwake.
"Ringangove gore ikozvino kubva pandakapupura pamberi peCongress," Dishman akadaro svondo rino.
"Munguva yegore, indasitiri yezvikepe haina chayakaita kuratidza Congress kana chero isu takabatwa kuti vachachinja."
Munyaya yaDishman, kunyangwe mavanga mavanga pamutsipa wake, hapana mhosva dzakamhan'arwa kune waaiti akamurwisa, murindi anoshandira ngarava.
Mukuru werunyararo anoona kuti mhosva dzakataurwa dzinobatwa zvakanaka muchikepe pasina kukanganiswa kubva kumagweta engarava kana vamwe vashandi vane basa rekutanga kuchengetedza kambani, akadaro Dishman.
"Iyi ndiyo nzira iyo vanhu vachakwanisa kupomerwa mhosva," akadaro.
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