[1][2] Mishra was awarded the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) the "Global 500 Roll of Honour" in 1992,[3] The foundation has been working with Australia-based environmental group, Oz Greene, under a program called "Swatcha Ganga Abhiyan" for over 38 years.
[4] Sankat Mochan Foundation was founded in 1982 as a non-profit, non-political organization under the "Societies Act" of the Government of India by Pandit Mishra.
The government claims that the schemes under the Ganga Action Plan have been successful, but actual measurements and scientific data tell a different story.
SMF's evaluations show AIWPS to be lower cost, more energy-efficient, more climate-appropriate, and more effective at treating sewage than other proposals submitted.
Recently NGT directed NMCG to monitor the progress of implementation of action plan of Namami Gange project