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.

In a very unfortunate situation, a 23-year-old PhD student from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) and her professor faced an accident when a Harappan Valley Civilisation site collapsed on Wednesday,

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

The deceased and the other victims were at the ancient Indus Valley civilisation site to do research work when the cave-in occurred.

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.

A tragic incident occurred at Lothal, a key Harappan archaeological site, where a 23-year-old research scholar from IIT-Delhi lost her life. Surabhi Verma died instantly when a trench collapsed during an excavation.

IIT Delhi research student killed, three injured in cave-in at Lothal archaeological site in Gujarat. Among the victims, two were from IIT Delhi while two others were from IIT Gandhinagar, the police officials said.

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.

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.