India, Sept. 26 -- Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday launched an online organ donation portal, called "Delhi Aang Daan", a first, officials aware of the matter said. Besides, she also launched a series of health initiatives on the day as part of the ongoing Sewa Pakhwada started from the Prime Minister's birthday.

The organ donation portal was launched a day after the ministry of health and family welfare issued clearance for Delhi to start operating the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissued Act, 1994. It is a nodal agency at the state level responsible for overall coordination and management of organ and tissue donation and transplantation and its operatio...