Beach-Chintadripet MRTS: Beach-Chintadripet MRTS Services to Resume in March, Southern Railway Confirms – Chennai News | Chennai News

Chennai: Since August, when Southern Railway truncated MRTS train services from Chennai Beach to Velachery at Chintadripet railway station, traveling between Gowrivakkam and Ambattur Industrial Estate has become an uphill task for people like Rabe Daniel.
But there is some good news now for commuters. Southern Railway is hopeful about resuming MRTS services between Beach and Chintadripet from March.
Commuters, however, want the railways to speed up the work as last mile connectivity from the railway station is poor.
On August 27, 2023, Southern Railway truncated the service to facilitate construction of a fourth line between Beach and Egmore
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China misses fourth-quarter GDP estimates, resumes post youth unemployment data

Construction at China Vanke Co.’s Isle Maison development in Hefei, China, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.

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BEIJING — China missed fourth-quarter GDP estimates on Wednesday, while it resumed reporting the unemployment rate for young people.

GDP for the last three months of 2023 rose by 5.2%, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics. That’s below the 5.3% growth forecast in a Reuters poll.

GDP growth for the full year was also 5.2%, compared with a 3% increase in 2022.

“Macro data from 2023 shows China’s economy is going through a transition to a new

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