Jiya a ranar farko ta Songkran, tashe-tashen hankula a kudancin Thailand su ma sun yi sanadiyar mutuwar wani mutum. A Pattani, an harbe wata matashiya tare da jikkata mahaifiyarta yayin da suke tafiya daga Yala zuwa yankinsu na Sai Buri.
Bukukuwan da aka yi a Kudancin kasar sun kasance da yawa kuma a bayyane na 'yan sanda, sojoji da kwararrun bama-bamai. A Pattani, inda aka gudanar da bukukuwa a dakin taro na lardin Muang, jirage masu saukar ungulu sun zagaya sama da masu bikin, kuma a Yala, jami'an 'yan sanda dari biyu sun yi bincike kan motocin da ke shiga birnin.
A gundumar Yarang (Pattani), kusan tamanin mazaunan addinin Buddha sun iyakance kansu ga rayuwa mai sauƙi cancanta bikin a Wat Sujawadee, zuciyar ruhin al'umma. Ba a zubar da ruwa a wajen haikalin, a kan titi, wanda mazauna yankin suka danganta shi da damuwa na tsaro.
A cewar wani mazaunin, iyalai da dama na mabiya addinin Buddha sun ƙaura zuwa babban birnin saboda tashe-tashen hankula da ake fama da su, kuma mutanen da ke zaune a wasu wurare na fargabar yin balaguro zuwa yankin. Shugaban rukunin ɗawainiya na musamman da ake kira yanayin yanayi na Songkran "mai baƙin ciki."
Amma a cikin manyan lardunan Kudancin, nishaɗin Songkran ya kasance cikin sauri. Daruruwan jama'a ne suka yi maci a kan titunan tsakiyar birnin Pattani inda aka watsa musu ruwa a zauren taron. A cewar wani mai ba da shawara daga Cibiyar Kasuwancin gida, akwai masu yawon bude ido fiye da yadda ake tsammani a Betong (Yala). Kuma a Wat Pracha Pirom da ke Narathiwhat, an rufe wata hanya a karon farko, domin gudanar da bukukuwa ba tare da damuwa ba - duk da ruwan sama da ke samar da karin ruwa lokaci-lokaci.
Adadin wadanda suka mutu bayan kwanaki biyu da ake kira ‘kwanaki bakwai masu hadari’ yanzu ya kai 101, adadin wadanda suka mutu ya kai 838. A yayin da ake duba yadda ake sayar da barasa a filayen Tsakiya, Kudu da Arewa, an duba shaguna 145. a ranar Alhamis da Juma'a, wanda 57 daga cikinsu sun kasance cikin kuskure.
Sun tallata barasa, sayar da barasa ga mutanen da ba su kai shekara 20 ba, da sayar da barasa a cikin sa'o'i da aka haramta da kuma wuraren da aka haramta. Siyar da barasa a wuraren da aka haramta yana ɗaukar hukunci har zuwa watanni shida da/ko tarar baht 10.000; saboda tallata hukuncin daurin shekara 1.
(Source: bankok mail, Afrilu 14, 2013)