In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which brought rampage in the US state of Texas, the Consul General of India in Houston has appealed to Indian diaspora to raise one million US Dollars worth of funds for relief operations.<br/><br/>Consul General of India, CGI, Anupam Ray urged the Indian-American community to coordinate large scale funding for the relief and reconstruction to support the historic storm's victims. Ray told news agency PTI that the idea is to consolidate the fund raising efforts of the community and present an aggregated picture of the community's efforts.<br/><br/>He said, the Indian community would like to organise a fund raising effort to show the community commitment and to support the greater Houston community. He said, fund raising is to support the mayor's fund for Hurricane Harvey Relief and Rebuild Texas Fund by Governor Abbott. <br/><br/>He also indicated that the desire is to help build a strong Indian brand in the region and that the three Indian oil companies with offices in Houston – GAIL, Oil India and ONGC had committed to contributing USD 10 thousand each. The Indian-American community in Houston met at the Indian Consulate after Ray's appeal to coordinate a fund-raising effort.