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I got my Visa after 15 Days, I checked with the VFS team
in detail and they did mention about the tracking stuff being removed (didn't give a convincing answer thou). They informed that the site (and as well as VFS) is going through multiple changes and due to this few services are discontinued temporarily; but did not confirm anything around the time-frame for reintroducing the tracking module back.
Also few services have become location specific it seems, a Colleague of mine who had applied for UK visa from Mumbai(Western India) location informed me that he opted for SMS facility
and was getting regular SMS on the progress
of the application, however for Chennai
location (Southern India) the SMS service is also suspended
My suggestion to new Applicants is to check with the VFS team
on the SMS facility
(paid service from VFS) to notify on the progress on the Visa Application. Unfortunately there is no other way currently available to check the progress status apart for the Paid SMS service