Amitabh Bachchan shares design for barricading doors & windows with a 'British connection'

Amitabh Bachchan, who has his roots in West Bengal was distressed seeing devastation caused in state due to cyclone Amphan that hit on May 20, claiming 86 lives. Bachchan took to his blog to share precaution that one should take apart from essentials and medical i.e. — barricing of doors and windows.

Bachchan revealed how he warned 'Piku' director Shoojit Sircar to be careful as he predicted that 'this one was going to be nasty'. He later shared that how barricing windows is more important in times like se. " impact shatters glass and that is a great injury creator .. barrice doors with cross bars to prevent m from opening or breaking .. and tape glass windows in a design that prevents it from shattering."

Sharing design in his blog that he learnt during his time with British Managing ncy Company in Calcutta, Bachchan wrote, "If blue lines are outline of window, n tape should run as Black lines .. diagonally and across as shown .. this gives maximum protection in event of a hard impact."

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"Ironically I learnt this during my years in Calcutta .. he of a British Managing ncy Company that I visited for my work explained it to me during time of a black out in city .. in preparation for eir an earthquake .. or in eventuality of an unlikely war situation .. he said during WW 2, homes in England were given this design to secure bomb attack impacts ..It is ar matter that he took great pride in explaining this design because it is design of ir flag .. British flag. Ah well, Brits," Bachchan concluded.