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Constructor: worthy to work for the railway
By Zhang Nan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-08-15 17:28
In the Dongguan Mosque of Xining city, chinadaily.com.cn reporter met Ma
Manai, a Muslim of Dongxing minority who was attending religious service.
In the past 4 years, he had led a construction team of 200 people working
in every section of Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
Ma Manai was taking pictures of repoter's ID card with his
cellphone.[cctv.com photo]
Ma Manai is a pious Muslim from Gansu province, who will go to the mosque
to attend religious service and study classics every day. In the past 4
years, he has been participating in the construction on the site of
Qinghai-Tibet Railway, and many projects are carried out in March and
April, the coldest season on Tibet Plateau. Working against wind and in
snowstorm is the common occurrence on the plateau. But when being asked
if he has altitude reaction, he replied with ease: "I have got used to
it, since I was born in Gansu, and live in Qinghai for all time of my
life." He does not regard seriously plateau anoxia, at the mention of
which people from inland will turn pale.
Ma Manai was curious about repoter's camera.[cctv.com photo]
According to Ma Manai, there are 4-6 big oxygen bottles granted by the
project leading department in each work shed, and special person will
take care of workers' health and medication every day. The logistic is
well done, so the workers will not be periled even if they have plateau
reaction.
A span of 4 years is not a short time. Each year he would spend a half on
the Qingzang line far away from home. Recalling his life and work in the
4 years, the 40-year-old Ma Manai is as excited as a child. He regards it
a happy experience to participate in such a project and work on the
highest railway construction site on the world. It is the happiest thing
for him to contribute something to his hometown and homeland. He said:
"During my work, I always had contact with local Tibetan people, and it
is my happiest moment to see them being so happy for having a railway in
their hometown. Even though there are bitterness and tiredness, I cannot
feel them."
The Qinghai-Tibet railway is 1,956 kilometers long, with 960 km of the
track located 4,000 meters above the sea level and the highest point at
5,072 meters. It stretches from Xining, capital of Qinghai Province, to
Lhasa.
The railway is the world's highest and longest plateau railroad and also
the first railway connecting the Tibet Autonomous Region with the rest of
China.
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