KATHMANDU, May 2: Prime Minister Madhav Nepal has assigned Minister for Youth and Sports Ganesh Tiwari Nepali the duty of the portfolio of Ministry of Environment, too, in the absence of Minister for Environment Thakur Prasad Sharma.
Sharma left for Germany on Saturday to take part in the ministerial meeting called ´Petersburg Climate Change Dialogue´ to be organised by Germany and Mexico in Bonn, according to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.