Customs Area declaration enables temporary DPD cargo storage at a segregated parking plaza under strict handling conditions. A temporarily expanded 9.22-acre land parcel at the Centralized Parking Plaza, JNPA, is declared as a Customs Area for storage of Direct Port Delivery import goods under Section 8(a) of the Customs Act, 1962. The area is to be managed by the authorised operator under the Handling of Cargo in Customs Area Regulations, 2009, with mandatory physical segregation, prohibition on hazardous cargo, and responsibility on the custodian and operator for safe storage and transit of DPD goods.