India, July 31 -- The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has tied up with the ministry of science and technology's department of biotechnology (DBT) in a bid to solve health and environmental challenges faced by ITBP personnel posted along the Indo-China border.

The highest border outpost of the ITBP is Dorji La, located at a height of 18,750 feet (Mount Everest is 29,032 feet) in Sikkim. "This collaboration aims to use modern biotechnology to solve the unique health and environmental challenges faced by ITBP personnel serving in some of the world's toughest and coldest border areas," an ITBP spokesperson said.

The areas that will be focused on include better health care for jawans, tackling problems like high-altitude sickness, low oxyg...