The war of words between the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) and Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation Ltd. (SMHPCL), the private company building the Maheshwar dam, has reached its peak with the NBA threatening to file a suit against the company for making “wild and defamatory” allegations.

“The SMHPCL has falsely stated that the petition in the National Green Tribunal was not filed by project oustees but by the office-bearers of the NBA. Both the petitioners are bona fide oustees affected by the Maheshwar and neither of them are office-bearers,” NBA leader Alok Agarwal told The Hindu .