An fara tafiya ta ƙarshe na mashahurin Ruwal Iris a kan kogin Mersey, bayan ta yi hidima ga miliyoyin fasinjoji tsawon 66 shekaru. Wannan jirgin ruwa, wanda aka ɗauka a matsayin alama ta birnin Liverpool, ya shaida lokuta da dama na tarihi, ciki har da bayyana a cikin shahararren fim Ferry Cross the Mersey a shekarar 1965, wanda kungiyar Gerry and the Pacemakers ta gabatar.
Jirgin ruwan sabo Ruwal Davudil, wanda aka kashe 26 miliyan fam, yana shirin maye gurbin ta a karshen wannan shekarar, yayin da jirgin ruwan wucin gadi Snodrop, wanda aka sani da zane mai ban sha'awa, zai ba da sabis a wannan lokacin canji.
Bayani akan taron
Lokacin da aka yi bankwana da jirgin ruwan, Liam Philan daga Hukumar Yankin Liverpool ya bayyana godiyarsa ga jirgin, yana mai cewa ta dauki fiye da 17 miliyan mutane tun daga shekarar 1960 tsakanin Liverpool da Wirral. Ya ce: "A gida, Ruwal Iris ana ɗauka a matsayin alama kamar Jerseys da Hanyoyin Mersey, kuma tana daga cikin tarihin kogin Mersey, yau rana ce mai baƙin ciki a gare mu."
Daga cikin fasinjojin da suka shaida tafiya ta ƙarshe, akwai Michael Gittens da matarsa Lucy, inda suka yayyafa ƙura ta mahaifiyarta a cikin kogin. Gittens ya nuna cewa mahaifinsa mai jirgin ruwa yana son yin tafiya tare da 'ya'yansa da jikokinsa, yana mai cewa ganin Jerseys uku lokacin shigowa cikin kogin yana daga cikin kyawawan lokuta a rayuwarsa.
Tarihi da Mahallin
Tarihin hidimar jiragen ruwa a kan kogin Mersey yana komawa zuwa littafin Doomday na shekarar 1086, inda mabiya addinin Benedict daga Gidan Birkinhead suka gudanar da hidimomin jiragen ruwa na farko zuwa kasuwannin Liverpool a karni na goma sha biyu. Tun daga wannan lokaci, hidimomin jiragen ruwa sun ci gaba da zama wani muhimmin ɓangare na rayuwar birnin.
Kafin a san ta da sunan Ruwal Iris, jirgin ruwan an san shi da sunan Mount Wood bayan an kaddamar da shi a shekarar 1959, an sake masa suna bayan sabuntawa mai girma a shekarar 2001. An dawo da shi cikin hidima tare da sabon sunansa a shekarar 2002 bayan wani babban gyara.
Illoli da Tasiri
Ƙarshen hidimar Ruwal Iris yana da tasiri mai girma ba kawai ga fasinjojin da suka saba amfani da shi ba, har ma ga birnin baki ɗaya. Jirgin ruwan yana daga cikin alamar al'adu ta Liverpool, inda mutane da yawa ke amfani da shi a matsayin hanyar sufuri tsakanin ɓangarorin biyu. Tare da shigowar sabon jirgin ruwa Ruwal Davudil cikin hidima, ana sa ran wannan ruhin al'adu zai ci gaba, amma tare da sabbin fasahohi.
Wannan lokaci yana nuna mahimmancin kiyaye gadon al'adu, yayin da yawancin biranen duniya ke fuskantar kalubale wajen kiyaye abubuwan tarihi a cikin ci gaban fasaha.
Mahimmancin Yankin
Duk da cewa wannan taron yana faruwa a United Kingdom, yana haskaka mahimmancin gadon al'adu a duk faɗin duniya. A cikin duniya Arabiya, akwai abubuwan tarihi da yawa da ke fuskantar barazanar kama da wannan, wanda ke nuna bukatar kiyaye su a matsayin wani ɓangare na al'adun su.
Wannan taron yana tunatar da cewa dole ne a kiyaye gadon al'adu, kuma al'ummomi suna buƙatar nemo daidaito tsakanin ci gaba da fasaha da kiyaye tarihin su.