Once Mocked as  ‘Poop Village’, This Arunachal Hamlet Is Now in CBSE Textbooks

24 June 2025

Once called 'Gobar Basti' due to waste-littered road, Arunachal's Silluk Village has earned a place in the NCERT Class 3 EVS textbook for its inspiring zero-waste transformation.

Till 2019, Silluk had been mockingly nicknamed “Gobar Basti" (Poop Village) because of open cattle rearing — cows, goats, and pigs roamed freely and roads were dotted in piles of dung and trash.

It was then that Kepang Nong Borang, a determined local Adi (Tribe) youth, stood up and said enough is enough.

He launched the Swachh Silluk Abhiyan (SSA), a grassroots movement that restored dignity, hygiene, & sustainability to the village -- becoming a national model of community-driven development.

This journey has now reached a historic milestone: Silluk has been featured in the CBSE Class 3 EVS textbook, taking its message of sustainability and civic responsibility to classrooms across India.

This recognition is a reminder that even the dirtiest path can lead to the cleanest future, when a community unites with purpose. May Silluk inspire every Indian to believe in their power to create change!