SLTB's 200-bus EV deal died over a fake bond — does this kill public EV transport here?

A National Audit Office report this month found that SLTB's Cabinet-approved plan to buy 200 electric buses collapsed completely — the tender was terminated after the only bidder was disqualified over a fraudulent performance bond. It's part of a wider audit warning that Sri Lanka's EV rules haven't kept pace with the fleet itself, which crossed 100,000 registered EVs this year with no national system even tracking batteries. One view: this is pure procurement failure, nothing to do with EVs themselves — diesel bus tenders collapse too, and SLTB should just retender properly instead of using this as an excuse to quietly drop electrification. The other view: if a flagship public EV project can't survive basic due diligence, that says something bigger about whether our institutions are ready to actually run and maintain an electric fleet — charging depots, spare parts, trained mechanics, all of it. Should SLTB go back and retry the e-bus tender, or is diesel the honest choice for public transport here for now? රට බස් 200ක් විදුලි කරන්න තිබුණ සැලැස්ම මෙහෙම අතරමං වුණා — ඔබේ අදහස මොකක්ද?