With summer approaching and water crisis bound to make headlines, Chief Minister Navin Patnaik has asked officials to step up the pace of community projects under the national food-for-work (FFW) programme. Mr Patnaik, who reviewed the progress of these programmes being implemented in 199 out of 314 blocks of the State, also emphasised the need for stricter monitoring as the scheme was meant to create community assets by involving the weaker sections of the society. With a view to ensuring better coordination for the programme, development commissioner Ajit Kumar Tripathy has been asked to convene a meeting of the concerned departments.