During a morning operation in Dhobagul, the army recovered another 250,000 cubic feet of looted white stone, bringing the total recovered to approximately 400,000 cubic feet. Meanwhile, the Fire Service and local administration have begun restoration work, leveling pits in the affected areas. Police had earlier arrested five individuals involved in the looting from the eastern bank of the Dhulai River. Environmentalists and local business owners estimate that nearly 15 million cubic feet of stone worth over BDT 20 billion have been illegally extracted from Sylhet over the past year.