The slowdown has not spared the infrastructure sector in India for sure. Leave alone new projects, even funding the existing projects is a worry. At such a time, seven players interested in one of NHAI's high profile project pulled out in the final round, leaving Reliance Infrastructure as the sole bidder. Times are indeed not so good as major infrastructure companies pulled out from NHAI's prestigious Eastern Peripheral Expressway project worth Rs 2,600 crore.