The move is seen having breathed new life into a faltering peace process. Villagers also scent new business prospects from the decision.
Din plans to build a small shop along the road for the passengers of the coming buses.
"I have been working as labourer for more than 30 years. I now have a chance to change my line of work. I'm sure I'll prosper," he said, adding he would sell walnuts, almonds and Kashmiri salt-tea to travellers.
Din and many other labourers have been hired by the government to repair the road.
In this poverty-ridden village home to about 2,000 people, the mood is upbeat after constant shelling became a thing of the past when the two sides agreed a cease-fire in November 2003.
Occupied Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has proposed setting up a reception centre and a customs office in Salamabad.
"Our village is going to be the first halting point for the bus so we are bound to have good business," says Javed Ahmed, 24, a shopkeeper.
Ahmed says he has already ordered the latest brands of cookies and snacks.
"Everyone's happy," he said.
The entrepreneurial bug has also bitten people in houses along the route who say they intend to convert their dwellings into rest-houses, restaurants and shops.
"Once the weather improves I'll construct a roadside tea-stall," said Mohammed Sadiq, 54, near Esham village, four kilometres from the boundary.
Sadiq, a farmer, is confident the bus service will eventually lead India and Pakistan to allow other vehicles to cross the border.
In Uri, the first major border town on the road, a hotel and a large shopping complex are already under construction and another three-star hotel is planned.
"Uri will be a major stop for the bus so people will definitely shop here and some may even stay for a day," says Mushtaq Chowdhury, 40, the businessman behind the mall and the proposed hotel.
Property is changing hands at record prices and new businesses are coming up. Locals are taking loans for building shops and restaurants.
Restaurant owner Abdul Rashid, 34, is giving final touches to a 10-room hotel he has named Gateway Hotel.
Shopkeepers say business is already up by 30 percent since the cease-fire, and the bus service will drive it higher.
"Before the truce things were looking dismal but now everyone wants to gain from the peace," said Jameel Ahmed, a shopkeeper, who plans to sell picture post cards of the area to the visitors from across the border.