India, Sept. 18 -- The Delhi government on Thursday made the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) operational at G. B. Pant Hospital to improve coordination of organ and tissue donation and transplantation in the Capital.

The initiative was launched as part of the month-long 'Seva Sankalp Abhiyan,' held from September 17 to October 17, to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday.

Chief minister Rekha Gupta also launched an organ donation pledge campaign and an online portal where residents can donate their organs. Gupta became the first person to register on the portal and pledged to donate her organs, officials said.

The SOTTO will act as the state-level mechanism for coordinating and promoting organ and tissue d...