<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Brahmaputra Board chairman Sanjay Kundu has said that the Board has taken up major projects in the world's largest river island Majuli to protect it from flood and erosion. </span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">He was addressing the 60th standing committee meeting of the Board in Guwahati yesterday. He said that the Ministry of the Water Resources and Central Water Commission has taken up major initiatives in the form of flood forecasting. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The authorities are able to give 72 hours pre-warning at present. Mr Kundu added that the National Disaster Management Authority is also able to pre-position NDRF battalions. The state is also able to pre-position their assets for flood prevention, he said. </div>