Discharge of treated effluents from dyeing and bleaching units in the State's textile belt into the sea will be the only permanent solution to be problem of ecological damage, which can also enable the industry to continue to play its premier role in production, exports and employment, according to A. Sakthivel, president (Southern Region). Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO-SR). MR. Sakthivel, who is also the president of the Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA), said the industry would be able to proceed with a project for "marine discharge" of treated effluents if the State Government gave its consent. Such a project would involve laying of a 250-km gravity pipeline from the textile producing regions of Tirupur, Perundurai, Erode, Navakkarai and Karur to Nagapattinam for letting out treated effluents containing only salt, after the primary treatment plants setup by the industry removed dyes and chemicals.