The volume of water in the Toktogul Dam amounts to 13.003 billion cubic metres, according to data from power stations; a year ago, the volume of water in the reservoir was 11.904 billion cubic metres

Every bus driver in Bishkek is monitored online via video cameras, said Bishkek Passenger Transport Company chief engineer Artur Omurzakov

The goal for 2024-2025 is to install an automated meter reading and monitoring system for all consumers, introducing differentiated electricity tariffs starting then next year; an appropriate regulatory framework is already being prepared

Kyrgyz officials are now calling for the 2019 uranium mining ban to be lifted, while populist President Sadyr Japarov continues to pursue state production in the extractive industries he first supported more than a decade ago as an opposition politician

Bishkek has officially become larger after the deputies at the last session of the City Council have approved the annexation of surrounding territories determined by presidential decree