The State Government on Tuesday asked all the district collectors to complete river and canal embankment repair works before June 16. Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra issued a direction to this effect while reviewing cyclone and flood preparedness for the current year. He said the district authorities were also asked to renovate the existing flood and cyclone shelters and keep essential commodities to deal with the possible natural calamities. He asked the collectors to keep diesel generator sets ready at cyclone shelters. According to official sources, Mohapata also asked the Odisha State Disaster Management Authorities (OSDMA) authorities to undertake mock drills in all the cyclone and flood shelters to ensure that the full proof arrangements were in place. The Special Relief Commissioner, who attended the meeting, said cattle feeds would also be kept in the cyclone and flood shelters to meet the exigencies. Meanwhile, the local Met Director Dr Sarat Sahu said the monsoon is expected to hit the Andman and Nicobor islands by May 17 and Odisha coast by mid-June.