Bangkok tackles cable clutter ahead of IMF-World Bank meetings
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Bangkok is stepping up efforts to tackle its long-standing problem of tangled overhead power and communications cables ahead of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings next month.
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Bangkok is stepping up efforts to tackle its long-standing problem of tangled overhead power and communications cables ahead of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings next month.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is working with the Metropolitan Electricity Authority, telecoms agencies and other partners to organise cables and gradually move them underground in key areas, Bangkok Governor Chadchart
The 2026 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group will take place from Oct 12 to 18 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center
About 15,000 delegates and visitors are expected to attend the event, which Bangkok last hosted in 1992.
Summary
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is working with the Metropolitan Electricity Authority, telecoms agencies and other partners to organise cables and gradually move them underground in key areas, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Wednesday.
The efforts are aimed at improving orderliness, safety and appearances in Bangkok ahead of the meetings, which are expected to draw thousands of senior finance executives, central bankers and government officials from around the world.