NCERT Book Class 5 EVS When the Earth Shook

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14. When the Earth Shook!

A bad dream

Help! Help! Save me! Aaahhh! Ooooww… There was screaming and shouting everywhere. The ground was shaking and people were running all around. Screaming loudly I got up. On hearing me my mother also woke up. She came running and held me tight. It was the same bad dream! It has been more than six years now since the earthquake. But in my sleep I still feel the earth shaking and trembling.

I am Jasma. I live in the Kutch area of Gujarat. I was eleven years old when there was an earthquake. It was 26 January, 2001. Everyone from the village – children and old people – had gathered in the ground of the school to watch the parade on TV. Suddenly the ground was shaking. People were scared and started running here and there. No one knew what was happening and what to do. There was total panic! 

In a few minutes, our village was flat on the ground. All our things – clothes, pots, grains and food – were trapped under the stones, mud and wood from the fallen houses. At that time everyone thought of two things – to save the people who were trapped and to treat the injured. The village hospital was also damaged. Many people were seriously injured. My leg also got fractured. The doctor treated people with the help of the villagers.

Six people of our village died. My grandfather (Nana) was also buried under the houses. My mother wept all the time. Seeing my mother, I also cried. The entire village was sad and disturbed. House of Motabapu who is the sarpanch of our village was not much damaged. He gave rice and wheat to everyone from his godown. For many days, the village women cooked food together at Motabapu’s house and fed everyone. Imagine, being without a house in the cold winter! Fear and the cold kept us awake in the nights. All the time we were worried that there may be another earthquake.

Discuss and write

  • Have you or anyone that you know ever faced such difficulty?
  • Who all helped at such a time? Make a list.


Please refer to attached file for NCERT Class 5 EVS When the Earth Shook

Looking Around Chapter 01 Super Senses
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Super Senses
Looking Around Chapter 02 A Snake Charmers Story
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS A Snake Charmers Story
Looking Around Chapter 03 From Tasting to Digesting
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS From Tasting to Digesting
Looking Around Chapter 04 Mangoes Round the Year
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Mangoes Round the Year
Looking Around Chapter 05 Seeds and Seeds
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Seeds and Seeds
Looking Around Chapter 06 Every Drop Counts
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Every Drop Counts
Looking Around Chapter 07 Experiments with Water
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Experiments with Water
Looking Around Chapter 08 A Treat for Mosquitoes
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS A Treat for Mosquitoes
Looking Around Chapter 09 Up You Go!
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Up You Go!
Looking Around Chapter 10 Walls Tell Stories
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Walls Tell Stories
Looking Around Chapter 11 Sunita in Space
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Sunita in Space
Looking Around Chapter 12 What if it Finishes..?
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS What if it Finishes
Looking Around Chapter 13 A Shelter so High!
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS A Shelter so High
Looking Around Chapter 14 When the Earth Shook!
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS When the Earth Shook
Looking Around Chapter 15 Blow Hot, Blow COld
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Blow Hot Blow Cold
Looking Around Chapter 16 Who will do this Work?
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Who will do this Work
Looking Around Chapter 17 Across the Wall
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Across the Wall
Looking Around Chapter 18 No Place for Us?
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS No Place for Us
Looking Around Chapter 19 A Seed Tells a Farmer's Story
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS A Seed Tells a Farmer Story
Looking Around Chapter 20 Whose Forests?
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Whose Forests
Looking Around Chapter 21 Like Father, Like Daughter
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Like Father Like Daughter
Looking Around Chapter 22 On the move Again
NCERT Book Class 5 EVS On the move Again

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