On November 27, a team of researchers from IIT Delhi amd IIT Gandhinagar were at the site on Wednesday morning to collect soil samples when the trench they were in collapsed

Ahmedabad:An IIT Delhi student died and three others were injured after soil collapsed on them when they entered a pit near the archaeological site of Lothal in Gujarat for research

The incident took place at around 11 AM, when a joint team comprising four researchers from IIT-Delhi and IIT-Gandhinagar had gone to the ancient port city of Lothal to study paleoclimatology.

Tragedy struck an archaeological dig near Lothal, Gujarat, on Wednesday, claiming the life of a 23-year-old IIT Delhi PhD scholar, Surabhi Verma. Verma and three other researchers, from IIT Delhi and IIT Gandhinagar,

Surabhi Verma, a PhD scholar at IIT Delhi died when he had gone to collect soil samples for study near the archaeological site of Lothal in Gujarat.

Surabhi Verma, a PhD scholar at IIT Delhi, and other victims entered a pit at the ancient civilisation site to do research work.

The incident happened around 11 a.m. near the ancient Indus Valley civilisation site. The researchers had hired an excavator to dig the pit, located outside the boundaries of the main protected site.

Was part of a four-member team that had arrived in Lothal to study paleoclimatology, two others rescued; ASI rushes team to site

An IIT Delhi student died and three others were injured after soil collapsed on them when they entered a pit near the archaeological site of Lothal in Gujarat for research on Wednesday morning, police said.