In a significant policy shift, Assam Government has prioritised erosion over floods, identifying it as a more dangerous threat, even as Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi called for special packages for erosion-affected areas and border area development. Erosion is a more serious threat than floods. The damages caused by floods are serious but it is not permanent, while erosion causes permanent destruction, asserted Gogoi. Reeling out figures, he said Assam has lost over 4.25 lakh hectares of land, roughly eight per cent of the State