Fed up with frequent traffic jams, disruption of internet services and severe inconvenience to the residents of colonies, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Old Alwal Colonies Residents Association staged a dharna in front of the TCS iON exam centre on the Old Alwal-Suchitra road near Father Balaiah Nagar on 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 area gathered at the TCS iON examination centre and staged a rasta-roko for some time.
Carrying placards and raising slogans against the severe disruption of normal life whenever the online examinations are conducted, M. Srinivas Reddy, Convenor of the JAC of eight residential colonies told The Hindu on Sunday (January 25, 2026) that TCS iON examination centre facilitates 1,000-1,500 students to take online examination at any given point of time.
“The day examinations are scheduled, the centre installs jammers that results in the phones not working, internet connectivity getting disrupted, people working from home are badly hit and those in need of medical emergency can not make calls or get the ambulances to shift the needy patients,” he said.
