【2010.06.27 印度时报】China builds ecological oxygen barracks for troops in Tibet

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BEIJING: Chinese army has built ecological oxygen-enriched barracks by using plants to generate the gas at one of its barracks in Tibet, bordering India, to help hundreds of its officers overcome high-altitude sickness.

The first plant was put into use in the Naqu Military Sub-Command under the Tibet Military Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, official Xinhua newsagency reported.

The harsh natural environment in Tibet, described as the roof of the world, greatly affected the physical and mental health of the officers and men. Some officers and men were even troubled by diseases like alopecia and nail dent that occur in such altitudes, it said.

With an average altitude of more than 4,500 meters, the troops have only 48 per cent of oxygen in hinterland vis-a-vis their regular requirement.

In order to overcome the problem, they were provided with oxygen cylinders and generators. But they have restrictions in application and can't fundamentally tackle anoxia, it said.

In early 2009, after asking ecological experts and pathologists to investigate and argument, the Communist Party committee of the Naqu Military Sub-Command invested money to build a plant oxygen-generating and oxygen-enriched activity room, it said. The room has a floor space of 1,000 square meters. Barracks spread over a floor space of 3,000 sq mts.

When the troops live and train in these places, the oxygen content in their blood is nearly 10 per cent higher than that of outdoor, greatly easing up the problem of plateau anoxia, it said.

Officials will build more ecological oxygen-enriched physical training grounds and dormitories to improve the living environment for its men stationed in the unpopulated areas in north Tibet, it said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/China-builds-ecological-oxygen-barracks-for-troops-in-Tibet/articleshow/6098235.cms