Ubwato Virgo Transport 8 bwari buvuye mu mujyi wa Surabaya mu burasirazuba bwa Indonesia, bwerekeza i Banjarmasin mu Ntara ya Kalimantan y’Amajyepfo, ubwo bwahuye n’ikirere kibi mu gitondo cyo ku Cyumweru.
Ubwo bwato bwari butwaye abantu 243, barimo abagenzi n’abakozi 30. Kugeza ubu abantu 108 ni bo bamaze gutabarwa, mu gihe abantu batandatu bemejwe ko bapfuye, abandi 129 bakaba bataraboneka.
Abayobozi bavuga ko ubwato bwahuye n’imiraba ikomeye n’umuyaga mwinshi, bigatuma bwegamira ku ruhande rumwe mbere y’uko buhindukira bukarohama. Umwe mu bayobozi yavuze ko hari imiraba yageraga kuri metero eshatu ubwo impanuka yabaga.
Ibikorwa byo gushakisha no gutabara byahise bitangira. Abantu barenga 620, amato 17 ndetse na kajugujugu eshanu n’indege byoherejwe gushakisha abataraboneka. Icyakora, imiraba ikomeye n’umuyaga byakomereye abatabazi kugera ku bwato no gukora ibikorwa byo gushakisha munsi y’amazi.
Umwe mu barokotse, witwa Rinto Arahab, yabwiye Reuters ko ubwo ubwato bwahindukiraga yafashe ku migozi yabwo kugira ngo atajugunywa mu mazi. Yavuze ko muri ako kanya yashoboraga gusa gusenga asaba Imana kumurinda.
Imiryango y’abari muri ubwo bwato yakomeje guteranira i Banjarmasin itegereje amakuru y’ababo. Hari n’abari bavuganye n’ababo kuri telefoni mbere gato y’uko itumanaho rihagarara.
Minisitiri w’Ubwikorezi wa Indonesia, Dudy Purwagandhi, yavuze ko indege ya kajugujugu yanyuze hafi y’aho ubwo bwato bwari buri ari yo yabanje gutanga amakuru ko bwahindukiye mu mazi. Impamvu nyayo yatumye bwarohama iracyakorwaho iperereza.
Indonesia ni igihugu kigizwe n’ibirwa birenga 17,000, ku buryo ingendo zo mu mazi ari ingenzi cyane mu gutwara abantu. Ubwato n’amato bitwara abagenzi bikunze gukoreshwa kuko ingendo zo mu mazi zihendutse kandi zikaba zoroshye kubona ugereranyije n’ingendo zo mu ndege.
Abatabazi bakomeje ibikorwa byo gushakisha abantu 129 baburiwe irengero, nubwo ikirere kibi n’imiraba ikomeye bikomeje kubagora. Abayobozi bavuga ko ibikorwa bizakomeza mu gihe cyose bizaba bishoboka.
