The Mall Group Co, one of the country's leading retail operators, is partnering with two billionaire families the Sirivadhanabhakdi and Chearavanont clans in a effort to make Bang Kapi a complete business, residential and shopping district in eastern Bangkok.
A total of 2.5 million sandbags will be distributed to areas in the capital city prone to flooding, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration spokesman Ekwaranyu Amarapal said on Wednesday.