Birendranagar, April 12 -- Officials in Chingad Rural Municipality in eastern Surkhet have ventured into an agribusiness, utilising their time beyond office hours.

Before and after working for the local government from the designated 10 am to 5 pm, they work a lease land to cultivate a variety of vegetables.

This agricultural initiative supplements their income while also creating employment opportunities for local residents. The staffers, who come from various places, have teamed up for this enterprise.

The idea took root in April last year during a casual conversation among the staff on how to make their leisure productive.

By May, they had got into vegetable farming. Initially, they leased 80 ropanis of land, which now has grown to...