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In a significant development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to chair a high-level meeting on May 28 to discuss the long-pending Polavaram project.

The meeting will bring together the Chief Ministers of four states-Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Chhattisgarh-amid rising inter-state tensions over land submergence and displacement issues associated with the project.

This will be PM Modi's first meeting specifically focused on the Polavaram project, which has been declared a national project. However, the neighbouring states including Odisha have raised strong objections, citing the risk of submergence of villages and d...