For­mer act­ing CEO of the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA), Jee­van Joseph, is keep­ing qui­et about the rea­sons be­hind his sud­den de­par­ture from the State util­i­ty, con­firm­ing on­ly that he re­signed.

In a brief tele­phone con­ver­sa­tion with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, Joseph dis­missed re­ports that he had been sent on leave five months in­to the act­ing role.

“That was er­ro­neous. The on­ly fact is that I sent in my res­ig­na­tion based on per­son­al rea­sons. It would have been be­tween Fri­day and Sat­ur­day, and I sent it to the chair­man,” Joseph said.