Accommodation

There are several recommended hotels in Bishkek and Osh in the below table. In regional centres, accommodation is available at guesthouses or in apartments that are available for rent. The more detailed information is available at www.booking.com 

Bishkek 

Osh

Vehicle Rental

There are a number of rental car companies in Kyrgyzstan and all of them provide drivers with the vehicles.  The documents for the vehicle are linked to the driver and are generally not interchangeable.

Taxi Companies

Freight Forwarding Agents

Handling Equipment

There are several companies that supply freight handling equipment.  They are able to supply forklifts, small trucks (under 2 tonne) to transfer cargo.  The average rate per metric tonne of cargo to load or unload is 130 – 180 KGS.

Electricity and Power

Hydroelectric plants generate 92.5 % of domestically consumed electricity in Kyrgyzstan.  There are 16 plants - 6 large, 11 small. All of the hydroelectric plants are from the Soviet times and are in poor condition and in need of repair. There are two commercial thermoelectric plants in operation fuelled by gas, fuel oil and coal, generating 1.1 to 1.2 billion kW/h per year. Kyrgyzstan exports up to 2.5 bn kw-hr of electricity to Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan each year. Despite this abundance of hydroelectricity the lowest water levels in 50 years occurred in 2009, just 20% more than the critical level at which turbines would stop working entirely. Although the water level has risen since, there is still a severe risk that energy deficit will reoccur. However last years there was not any significant electricity cut off or limitation. The electric-power industry consists of 7 energy companies controlled and owned by the state.  This includes one generating company, one power supply company, four power distributive networks and one heating system.  There are also several private companies that own small and medium sized hydro plants. The electricity grid of Kyrgyzstan combines more than 70 thousand kilometres of power transmission lines (0.4-500 kW), 546 km of which are 500 kW, 1714 km of which are 200 kW and 4380 km of which are 110 kW lines with approximately 490 transforming stations with capacity 35-500 kW, the total number of capacity over 8000 MVA. A new hydroelectric plant on the Naryn River at Kambar–Ata would supply power to parts of China and Russia, improving Kyrgyzstan’s export situation and domestic energy supply although the future of this project is uncertain.

Electricity Generation

Supply

Waste Disposal - Non Hazardous

In main cities and other provincial towns, the municipal/public enterprises carry out public services on sanitary cleaning of the city/town territory, as well as activities for the collection and disposal of solid waste. The private entities and households pay for these public services. The collected waste is delivered to landfills outside cities/towns, compacted and covered by earth. In the villages, individuals find their own way of waste disposal.

In January 2015, the Mayor’s Office of Bishkek signed a grant agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the project "Improvement of the solid waste management system in the city of Bishkek". The main objective of the EBRD’s project is the improvement of the sanitary and epidemiological situation of residential community and the capital 's suburbs. The distribution of funds from the EBRD will be held in three stages. During the first stage will be purchased containers and trucks equipped with GPS-navigators. In the second stage it is expected to build a new landfill and a waste sorting line. The third stage includes the control over the execution of the project.

In July 2019 Bishkek Mayor’s Office started project of differentiated waste collecting. One more step towards ecological safety. Some International IO like USAID assist local authorities especially in main cities to install separate containers for waste (glass, plastic, organic, others). Moreover, provides funds for programmes of installation of proper waste containers in the main cities. Majority of project beside Bishkek are related to improvement of current waste management, including optimization of landfills and purchase of dump trucks for waste.

There are not any factories in the country for processing of both hazard and non-hazard waste.

Waste Disposal - Hazardous

The requirements for handling hazardous waste:

1. Legal entities and individuals whose activities are related to the formation of hazardous waste are required to provide environmental protection during handling of the environment and population of their harmful effects.
2. All hazardous waste according to their harmful effects on humans and the environment are divided into classes.
3. Hazard waste is determined by their manufacturers in accordance with the regulations approved by the public authorities for environmental protection, sanitary-epidemiological, mining and Technical Supervision, within their competence.
4. Placement of hazardous waste is allowed only in specially equipped facilities for these purposes.
5. Legal entities and individuals engaged in the management of hazardous waste are required to keep records of hazardous waste in the manner prescribed by the state statistics body and the competent authority.

For more information, please see the following link: 4.10 Kyrgyzstan Additional Supplier Contact List