Classic Indian repair!

This is what I came back to last night - classic Indian plumbing repair. There were also wet patches all over the place suggesting that there had been a flood........

Today Rajan told me that he connected all the pipes up, turned the tap on, and then got a flood because there is a blockage in the pipe and the water backed up and flooded everywhere. It must have been really annoying because he thought he had finished. As I am going away this weekend Rajan is going to get someone in to mend it. He won't do the whole job but will at least unblock the pipe so it is usable.

One very good effect of this method of plumbing is that it shows up how much water is being used. I am rather shocked and will take action to use less.