OREANDA-NEWS. March 14, 2011. The last phase of ONGC-Cairn India’s pipeline project that connects Salaya to Bhogat in Gujarat is facing resistance from local politicians. The pipeline has already been declared a project of national importance by the government, was accorded the status of one of the major projects in the state during Narendra Modi’s Vibrant Gujarat campaign two years ago and also has all the requisite government permissions. One of the main reasons for it getting the status of national importance is that in the last leg, the project will have a mini port from where the crude from Cairn’s fields could be supplied at a lower cost to Indian refineries along the coastline. Although the state government is fully supportive, the sitting Congress MP from the area is not too cooperative with the project execution team. So, while the nation is faced with increasing import bills due to rising crude oil prices, local politics is taking centre stage here to hold a project of high importance.