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Fed up with predominant postulation jams, disruption of net services and terrible inconvenience to the residents of colonies, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Old Alwal Colonies Residents Association staged a dharna successful beforehand of the TCS iON exam centre connected the Old Alwal-Suchitra roadworthy adjacent Father Balaiah Nagar connected Sunday (January 25, 2026).
Members of the JAC comprising owners and residents of Father Balaiah Nagar Phase 1 & 2, Retreat Colony, Tirumala Enclave Phase 1 & 2, Venkataramana Colony, Chandrapuri Colony, Mahalaxmi’s Sai Srinivasam Apartment and Om Sri Sai Nagar and the businessmen of the country gathered astatine the TCS iON introspection centre and staged a rasta-roko for immoderate time.
Carrying placards and raising slogans against the terrible disruption of mean beingness whenever the online examinations are conducted, M. Srinivas Reddy, Convenor of the JAC of 8 residential colonies told The Hindu connected Sunday (January 25, 2026) that TCS iON introspection centre facilitates 1,000-1,500 students to instrumentality online introspection astatine immoderate fixed constituent of time.
“The time examinations are scheduled, the centre installs jammers that results successful the phones not working, net connectivity getting disrupted, radical moving from location are severely deed and those successful request of aesculapian exigency tin not marque calls oregon get the ambulances to displacement the needy patients,” helium said.
Adding to this, is the haphazard mode successful which dozens of four-wheelers are parked connected the road, lanes and bylanes of the colonies. “Vehicles are parked successful beforehand of the houses making it precise hard for america to instrumentality retired our vehicles,” locals said adding that the commercial-cum-residential analyzable situated connected the main roadworthy is really not expected to tally an introspection centre successful the residential part.
The JAC representatives stated that galore complaints had been fixed to the acrophobic authorities to look into the contented but to nary avail. Mr. Srinivas Reddy pointed retired that 75 petitions were submitted to the Prajavani successful the past 10 days but thing has been done. Committee of Father Balaiah Nagar Resident Welfare Association petitioned arsenic galore arsenic 14 antithetic institutions for remedy connected December 15, 2024. Interestingly, the SI of Alwal Traffic constabulary presumption had lodged a ailment astir the postulation contented connected April 17, 2024.
“We person escalated the contented to NHRC, SHRC, TCS Global heads, constabulary and GHMC,” helium said pointing retired that the effect truthful acold has been precise disappointing. He said the TCS centre representatives person promised to vacate the premise but it inactive continues to function.
Mr. B. Sudarshan Reddy, President of Retreat Colony Welfare Association said an FIR had been filed against the centre but nary enactment has been taken truthful far. “We are forced to enactment up banners to forestall unregulated question of vehicles wrong the colony. But, the radical are forcing their mode into the colony and parking their cars and sometimes picking up statement with the owners,” helium noted.
Mr. Devakonda Rajeshwar Rao,resident of Sai Srinivasam Apartment said postulation goes for a flip from 7.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. whenever examinations are on. “By installing jammers, determination are frequenting telephone drops and missed calls. How tin we grip a aesculapian exigency erstwhile the jammers are on. There is nary way, we tin marque calls,” helium bemoaned.
The JAC has threatened to intensify their protest, if the authorities failed to redress the contented immediately.
