Songkran festival, often referred to as the world's biggest water fight festival, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration decided to impose a curfew during the festival season that will be celebrated in April 2016.
•    The Songkran festival is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 15 April. 
•    The word "Songkran" comes from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti literally "astrological passage", meaning transformation or change.
•    It coincides with the rising of Aries on the astrological chart, the New Year of many calendars of South and Southeast Asia. The festive occasion is in keeping with the Buddhist/Hindu solar calendar.
•    The curfew was imposed to show solidarity with farmers hit by drought. In form of solution, the Bangkok authority cut festival days down from four to three and imposed a curfew.
•    At present, Thailand is facing its worst water shortage in two decades, with 14 out of 76 provinces hit and large swathes of agricultural land at risk.
•    Thailand has entered its annual dry season, which typically runs from March to May, meaning the drought is likely to get worse.