Modi's Swachh Bharat man, Param Iyer calls it a day as sanitation secy

Iyer was given a year's extension to take on the task of providing drinking water to all households by 2024 in February this year.

Parameswaran Iyer, secretary in the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, has resigned citing personal reasons, according to sources.  

Iyer, a 1981-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS, was given a year’s extension in February to take on the task of providing drinking water to all households by 2024. He’s best known for spearheading Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship Swachch Bharat Mission. 

Iyer, popularly called Param, is keen to return to the US where he had spent several years working with the World Bank at its Washington office - a job he later quit to become road manager for his daughter, a professional tennis