<span style="color: #222222;">Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today reviewed the preparations of Railways in supplementing national efforts for fighting COVID-19. He directed Railway officials to reach out to needy people with food and other assistance to the best of their abilities and resources. Railway Organizations like IRCTC and RPF are already engaged in distribution of free meals to the needy. He said, Railways should widen the outreach of their efforts and go beyond the proximities of railways stations to deeper areas in consultation with district authorities and NGOs. The Minister complimented the officials for the extraordinary work being done so far in the fight against Corona and adopting innovative solutions like conversion of passenger coaches as isolation coaches. Mr Goyal expressed confidence that all the railway  zones will meet the challenge of making these coaches fully ready and would be equip them  at the earliest.<br />'' <br />'' While reviewing the running of special Parcel Trains by Railways to supply important items, Mr Goyal asked the officials to make the service available on more routes so that goods like medicines, essential equipment's, edibles can be supplied all over the country in a quick time.  E- Commerce companies and suppliers of other important goods which are needed in smaller quantities, are going to benefit from the parcel trains. These special trains are already operating on eight routes and 20 more are in the pipe line in different zones.<br />'' <br />''The Minister said, for the first time in  the history, not a single passenger lost their life in last twelve months in any railway accident.</span><br />