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AYIA NAPA, Cyprus — Israel has wiped out a third of Iran’s total ballistic missile launchers since Thursday, drastically reducing the risk Iran poses not just to the Jewish State, but the world, Israel Defense Forces officials told The Post. Israel has eliminated 120 Iranian missile launchers since Israel’s “Operation Rising Lion” began, leaving the…
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For the second time, a municipal tender in Bishkek aimed at converting trolleybuses into electric buses has ended in failure. According to the Kyrgyz public procurement portal, no bids were submitted for the project, which offered 4.5 million KGS (approximately USD 51,500) per unit.
Following the unsuccessful tender, local media reported that city authorities approached an unnamed Chinese company directly to initiate a pilot conversion of one trolleybus. However, transport industry experts are skeptical, noting that retrofitting Belarusian models designed for overhead power may prove technically complex and economically unjustifiable.
The initiative stems from a controversial municipal decision to transition trolleybuses to battery power rather than restoring the city’s overhead network, which was dismantled between 2023 and 2024 under the “Clean Sky” program. The plan has been heavily criticized by both residents and experts since its inception.
Environmental group #BishkekSmog argued that the cost of converting the city’s remaining 50 trolleybuses could exceed USD 2.5 million. In contrast, a new trolleybus purchased in 2018 with a concessional loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) cost the city €122,000.
“Why invest additional millions when the existing trolleybuses are already capable of operating on the overhead contact network???? the group stated. “Moreover, the name of the supposed contractor, a private Chinese company, has not been disclosed, raising concerns about transparency and the quality of any potential work.”
Meanwhile, legal proceedings continue over the municipality’s decision to decommission the trolleybus network. The next hearing is scheduled for June 25 at the Bishkek Administrative Court. Activists and legal advocates argue that the dismantling violated international loan agreements and undermined the long-term sustainability of the city’s public transport system.
The Asian Development Bank has distanced itself from the city’s current strategy, stating that it does not support the conversion initiative and had no involvement in the project.