The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will allocate €10 million for the purchase of electric buses and the construction of parking infrastructure in Tajikistan’s Khatlon province.
The agreement was signed in Dushanbe on January 20 by Tajikistan’s Minister of Finance Faiziddin Qahhorzoda and the EBRD’s Resident Representative in Tajikistan, Holger Wiefel.
The total cost of the project amounts to €10 million, including a €6.4 million loan and a €3.6 million grant.
The project aims to procure electric buses and related equipment, build parking facilities, and improve the quality and environmental sustainability of public transport in the Khatlon region.
The timeline for the procurement of the buses and their launch on regular routes has not yet been specified. However, according to Bokhtar city mayor Abdulmajid Muminzoda, the project may involve the purchase of 47 electric buses, a figure he mentioned earlier at a press conference.
He also noted that the existing bus fleet is expected to be used for intercity routes in the future.
