On the 26th of July last year, when I first visited Nasrapur to look at a proposed bungalow site, the Pej river was in spate and the bridge (South-West corner of the satellite picture) was at least 2m underwater. I had to be content with looking at the trees (highlighted in the photo) from across the flood.

Designing began early this year and excavation started about 4 months ago but the rains soon came down and washed away the approach road. Now, with the monsoon finally receding, we’ll be going full steam ahead.