NEW DELHI: Movement of trucks carrying food and pharmaceutical items has gone up from 46% in the first week of lockdown to 76% as on April 25, an analysis of the eway bill database showed.Speaking to reporters, drinking water and sanitation secretary Parameswaran Iyer , who heads an empowered group, said the Centre ’s efforts to accelerate supply of essential items, particularly food and pharmaceuticals, has yielded result.Quoting official data relating to key supply chain indicators, Iyer said the share of cargo trains (rakes) also increased during this period from 67% to 76% and cargo handled at ports jumped to 87-90%, as compared to the levels during the initial days of lockdown.He said 79% of mandis were operational as on Saturday as compared to 61% on March 30 when the Centre set up groups of secretaries to deal with defined issues and find solutions. He added that prices of tomato, onion and potato, which are monitored by the Centre, have largely remained stable.Iyer said that during the lockdown, government agencies, NGOs and industrial houses have been serving at least 1.5 crore free meals daily to the poor. He said stable prices, large-scale distribution of free foodgrains under the recently announced scheme and distribution of daily cooked meals show that the availability of essential food items has improved consistently.