Kathmandu, January 9
President Ramchandra Paudel has assigned additional portfolios to three ministers. The responsibility of three ministries was given to other ministers after Kul Man Ghising, who had been taking charge of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructures and Transport, and the Ministry of Urban Development, resigned from the post on Wednesday.
At the recommendation of Prime Minister Sushila Karki, President Paudel assigned Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supply, Anil Kumar Sinha, to look after the portfolio of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.
Similarly, Minister for Forest and Environment, Madhav Prasad Chaulagain, will look after the portfolio of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructures and Transport, while Minister for Land Management, Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation, Kumar Ingnam, the portfolio of the Urban Development Minister, as well, reads a press release issued by Spokesperson at the Office of the President, Ritesh Kumar Shakya.
