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covid-19 crisis in india
city of dallas pledges relief efforts to jaipur
Our Bureau and take decisive measures to
Dallas, TX protect their residents’ lives and
livelihoods.”
ity of Dallas, in partner-
ship with Indian Amer- Mayor johnson and agar-
Cican CEO Council and
Dallas Foundation.org, an- wal had a virtual meeting
nounced a new effort to provide saturday with dr. raghu
assistance to the City of Jaipur
in Rajasthan, as India battles a sharma, the current cabi-
surge in COVID-19 cases. May- net Minister of health and
or Eric Johnson and Arun Agar-
wal, the CEO of Dallas-based Family Welfare for the
Nextt and chairman of the Indi- Government of rajasthan
an American CEO Council, are
leading the effort to collect do- and city of jaipur, to dis-
nations for Jaipur. cuss the effort.
So far, the relief effort has Chairman of Indian American CEO Council Arun Agarwal speaks at City of
raised more than $1 million Dallas press conference
worth of personal protective “The crisis in India is heart-
equipment, including masks CovidRelief. reported more than 25 mil- breaking and beyond compre-
and gloves. The Dallas Foun- India has been ravaged by lion COVID-19 cases, which is hension,” Agarwal said. “I am
dation is accepting donations COVID-19 in recent weeks. now second only to the United incredibly grateful to Mayor
at DallasFoundation.org/India- And in total, the country has States, according to Johns Hop- Johnson for stepping up to ask
kins University. The virus has how Dallas can help the people
also been responsible for more of India through this city-to-
than 278,000 deaths in India. city connection.”
The mayor asked Agarwal, Mayor Johnson said he will
who serves as his Park Board continue to look for ways to
appointee, to help identify a city help other cities in the world
in need in India. Agarwal se- that are grappling with surges
lected the City of Jaipur, which in COVID-19 cases.
has a population of more than “Dallas has amazingly gen-
3.1 million people, in Rajasthan. erous people and a vibrant phil-
“Cities are on the front lines of anthropic community,” Mayor
solving the world’s problems,” Johnson said.
Mayor Johnson said. “This has “We know that to be true in
been made even more apparent Dallas, and soon, the world will
during the pandemic as local know it, too. Our goal is to be
governments, in the absence of recognized on the global stage
clear federal guidance and plan- as the most generous city in the
ning, had to act quickly last year world.”
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