Mobike pedals out of Bhubaneswar public bicycle sharing project

Blow to Odisha govt's plan to launch public bicycle-sharing system ahead of World Cup Hockey event

Chinese bike-sharing giant Mobike has walked out of the Bhubaneswar smart city project, dealing a blow to the Odisha government’s plan to launch a public bicycle-sharing system in Bhubaneswar before the World Cup Hockey event in November.

This comes after Mobike was taken over by the largest Chinese online on-demand service provider company, Meituan Dianping, in a Rs 2.7- billion deal. 

The state government has initiated a fresh process to award public bicycle sharing licence.

Mobike was selected to implement the bicycle sharing service in Bhubaneswar in April this year through a bidding process. But before it could sign a contract for the