Kathmandu, Apr. 19: Deputy Prime Minister Ram Chandra Poudel and Minister for Local Development will, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, hold the additional portfolio of Water Resources, and Works and Physical Planning in the absence of Minister for Water Resources, and Works and Physical Planning Khum Bahadur Khadka who left here today for Britain for medical treatment.

This is stated in a notice issued today by the Principal Press Secretariat of His Majesty the King.