The Bharatmala Pariyojna initiatives, the Delhi-Jammu-Katra Expressway, and the Ring Road project are moving forward quickly. The project fees will be decided after the tolls are operational, which will require building tolls at a cost of ₹35000 crores. Over the next 1.5 years, the tolls will be gradually implemented. The goal of this expressway is to greatly cut down on travel time by connecting Jammu and Kashmir with Delhi and Punjab. This will save about 4 hours on the trip from Delhi to Katra, which will now take only 7-8 hours.
Saurabh Shukla, the officer overseeing the expressway project in Punjab, stated that 21 toll plazas will be constructed on the Delhi Jammu Katra Expressway, with 11 located in Punjab. The TPR and drawings for five of these toll plazas are complete, and the land required has been acquired by the National Highways Authority of India (NHI).
Here are the locations where the toll plazas will be erected: Patran to Chandigarh, in Sangrur, Malerkotla to Patiala, Malerkotla to Ludhiana, Ludhiana to Ambala, Nakodar to Ludhiana, Jalandhar to Nakodar, Kapurthala to Jalandhar, Dasuya to Hoshiarpur, Batala to Pathankot, and Pathankot to Jammu and Kashmir.
Satellite-based tolling is also intended to be used on this route in order to further reduce the need for people to stop at toll booths. A driver's account will automatically be debited of the toll fee as soon as they pass through the barrier. The bidding process has already begun for this system. The length of this project in Punjab is approximately 261 kilometers. Currently, the toll fee for a round trip from Delhi to Katra is ₹2400 for 727 kilometers. Officials suggest that the new tolls might reduce this cost.
The new expressway will save considerable travel time. The current travel time from Delhi to Katra, which takes 11–12 hours, will be reduced to 7-8 hours. The journey from Ambala to Jalandhar will be cut from approximately 3 hours and 15 minutes to one and a half hours. The travel time from Patiala to Jalandhar, currently about 3 hours, will be reduced to one and a quarter hours. The trip from Delhi to Amritsar, which currently takes 8–9 hours, will be shortened to 5–6 hours.