Sankhadeep Banerjee

Photographer at The Indian Express, based in Mumbai, India.

[Pratip Acharya @_iampratip]

BMC spent Rs 493 crore meant for improving Mumbai’s air quality on acquiring electric buses for BEST. Yet, BEST’s fleet has shrunk by nearly 29% over the last five years.

So, where did Mumbai’s clean-air money go ?

Tap link to read👇🏾@IndianExpress

https://t.co/eAvSbPcT9q

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before.

The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t.

HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside.

Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵
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[Pratip Acharya @_iampratip]

The latest United Nations report identifies Mumbai as facing a growing risk of permanent inundation due to rising sea levels, warning that more than 14 million people across the region could be at immediate risk of losing their homes. Read more 👇🏼

[Omkar Gokhale @OmkarGokhale91]

#BombayHighCourt directed CBI to probe death of former celebrity manager Disha Salian, record statement of petitioner Satish Salian, father of deceased, register FIR & appoint experienced officer for probe. None to be treated accused without sufficient grounds @IndianExpress

[Ishika Gupta @ishiwrites]

After three days of reporting on the devastating impact of the Nepal floods and what it means for multiple families across Maharashtra who still lack any concrete information on the whereabouts of their members, this one feels like a tiny sliver of hope.

[Sankhadeep Banerjee @sankhashoots]

Tourists from Maharashtra, who were stranded in Tibet on their way back from Kailash Mansarovar, amid the flood situation in Nepal, reached Mumbai yesterday.

#nepalflood #mumbai

[Pratip Acharya @_iampratip]

Mumbai has mapped landslide-prone hills and issued warnings, yet people remain at risk. In this @IndianExpress report, we examine why those warnings haven’t translated into mitigation & why agencies remain caught in a jurisdictional deadlock. Read more👇🏾

https://t.co/AnlGwDYnID

[Sankhadeep Banerjee @sankhashoots]

One of the pictures that I shot yesterday of Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran at Bombay House, is published on the front pages of both IE and FE. A pleasant surprise on World Photography Day ❤️

#photojournalism #worldphotographyday

[Pratip Acharya @_iampratip]

Documents accessed by @IndianExpress under RTI reveal how delays in the Deonar landfill cleanup are casting a shadow over rehabilitation in the state government’s ambitious Dharavi redevelopment project. Read more👇

https://t.co/fvKznRrHfc

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

A corporator escalating unanswered letters to a state minister. A Mayor blindsided by her own civic body's report, learning the findings through WhatsApp.

BMC's elected house is back after 4 years of administrator rule. Across parties, corporators say the bureaucracy still hasn't adjusted to sharing power.

An excellent report by @nayonikakb
https://t.co/b7NeReFjFS via @IndianExpress

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

1,856 trees fell across Mumbai in 11 days. 3 people died.

But India's richest civic body (Rs 80,952 Cr budget) has no equipment to detect internal tree decay, no scientific tree-risk assessment and a tree census 10 yrs overdue.

@_iampratip on why Mumbai can't predict the next collapse https://t.co/TawVitw4t4 via @IndianExpress

[Sankhadeep Banerjee @sankhashoots]

Our story came out today. Hats off to @sabahvir for climbing up the maze to the top, bearing with me as I wait for one perfect shot and meticulously writing this story.

[Nayonika Bose @nayonikakb]

This June, the iconic Air India building found a new owner. Inside, even so, memories of India's glorious aviation history continue to linger.

Stepped into the closed bldg, spoke to over a dozen employees, historians &govt officials to uncover its story. https://t.co/XBMdc6VFIW

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

"It feels as if mornings and nights no longer exist."
In Banda, India's hottest place, life is being reorganised around extreme heat. For many of its 2 million-plus residents enduring 47°C is not a choice but a necessity.
My and @Neetugc's report.
https://t.co/xZiGKxG6FD #Heat

[Omkar Gokhale @OmkarGokhale91]

Bombay HC CJ Shree Chandrashekhar for SC. Over 8-month tenure saw key rulings in politically sensitive, environmental, commercial and criminal matters. His bench, along with 2 others opted to switch off public viewing of proceedings.

https://t.co/IiNVtkTPXX

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

After an 11-hr shift, a 43-yr-old cabbie is in the front row of a Marathi class, tracing alphabets. An auto driver's phone gallery is full of Marathi reels.

Maharashtra's mandate is real, & the deadline is Aug 15. @nayonikakb met the drivers going back to school between shifts.

Our deep dive today:
https://t.co/onWF5ZuitH

[Omkar Gokhale @OmkarGokhale91]

At the heart of recent pleas seeking abortions is a difficult question: whose rights prevail? Woman’s reproductive autonomy or unborn child’s right to life? Deep dive on what happens when her trauma collides with legal, social costs & medical risks

https://t.co/kidw8rTriI

[Sankhadeep Banerjee @sankhashoots]

Finally the fullspan video on our trip along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train route is out.
Report by @dheerajmishra04
Photos/videos by @sankhashoots

#bullettrain #indianrail
#ahmedabad #mumbai
https://t.co/uFfxehcH70

[Sankhadeep Banerjee @sankhashoots]

A snippet video from @dheerajmishra04 and my trip along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train route. The video revolves around Dheeraj's story on how a quaint Adivasi village in Palghar district is witnessing the humongous machinery of bullet train.
https://t.co/Agg0QKjBGU

[Ayush Tiwari @sighyush]

An American firm is recording Indian workers inside factories and selling their videos to Big Tech to train robots.

@raghavKakkar30 and I report for @scroll_in:

https://t.co/AEmbcFOADD