India, Aug. 21 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The 'Mission Mausam' mentioned here with related topics such as cultural link and maritime history is not a project of Ministry of Earth Sciences. It is mistaken for the 'Project Mausam' of the Ministry of Culture (MoC), Government of India. The 'Project Mausam" is a transnational project on maritime routes and cultural landscapes across the Indian Ocean rim, at Doha, Qatar, on 20th June 2014, at the 38th Session of the World Heritage Committee, UNESCO.
Mausam, refers to a distinctive wind-system of the Indian Ocean region that follows a regular pattern: southwest from May to September; and northeast from November to March. This regular pattern facilitated the m...