Jammu and Kashmir is located in the North-western folds of the Himalayas. On account of rapid population growth and socio-economic development, massive projects have been launched by the government of India to boost rail and road connectivity in this Himalayan Region. However rugged terrain and fragile environment pose a challenge for policymakers and planners in operating and maintaining these communication lines due to immense natural and technological constraints. In this context, present study attempts to evaluate the impact of the National Highway (NH-44) widening in this fragile landscape on the occurrence of landslides from year 2004-2021 comparing a nine years pre-widening phase (2004-2012) with a nine years post- road widening phase (2013-2021). The results reveal that in total, the study area recorded 392 landslide events from (2004 to 2021), in which an increasing trend was observed on annual basis.