As an instance, she cited that National Hydel Power Corporation has given the state government of Arunachal Pradesh an advance of Rupees 250 crores towards construction of hydroelectric projects. Arunachal Pradesh will generate 60,000 MW at the cost of displacing the livelihood and homes of thousands of people.
Women are being displaced from traditional food-chain cycle. There has been no homework regarding the environmental capacity of the area. Women were involved in carrying mushrooms, herbs and non-timbre products. It is against this background that the the shift to chemical intensive agriculture specially the shift to chemical intensive agriculture (eg. growing of Zetropha for bio-diesel, growing of broomsticks) in prime area for food grains has also alienated women from their natural way of farming for subsistence because in all these areas women had a heavier share of the burden of food production. In recent years, the Mehgalaya government has encouraged broom cultivation that has led to degradation of the quality of soil. 
North Eastern states have also attracted investments from private mining companies due to rich mineral resources. Lafarge Cement and other private investors have used common property resources to extract limestone to manufacture cement. There is a growing trend of shift in land management from common property management system; in which the land is in the name of female, to individual management system.  Lands brought for development purposes are usually being bought in the name of a male family member, which is creating land alienation and loss of property rights guaranteed under traditional system.
Rosemary Dzuvichu pointed out that most of the tribal areas of North East have strict customary laws, which are stricter for women. There are no land rights or property rights for women. In matrilineal societies, mother’s brother exercises control over  

the land in the woman’s name. Literacy rate is high among women, 80% of women are involved in traditional agriculture and there is a sharp growth in drug addiction. There is an absence of women friendly banking system or involvement of women in decision-making process. Women who have protested for access to equal role have faced violence. There is a high rate of malnutrition and more one than one –third of the affected women are single women. 
People are being displaced due to mining and various extraction activities.  Non-timber products were a good source of income for women; are now getting lost when individual buys communal property for above-mentioned reasons.  Similarly the recent years have seen a growing trend of acquisition of land for educational or military purpose.
The above mentioned circumstances have led to displacement of women from their land which was a source of livelihood and social security. Thus women are forced to migrate to urban areas and are susceptible to social or cultural loss, vulnerability, violence and undignified and dependent life. 
In the coal mining areas, the water bodies have become sulphurised and families have been forced to move to areas where water is potable but such areas are densely populated. Women who had 4-5 room houses in their place of origin currently have shifted to one room house which also serves as kitchen. Thus there is a transformation of ecologically sustainable villages to shantytowns.
The loss of right to cultivate traditional crops for food to the system of growing cash crops and not being assured of its market has also made negative impact on women’s lives. In North East, the notion of independence (within family) is- "you do not feed me so I can take my own decisions" i.e. the person who feeds has a greater control in matters.  Thus when women are alienated from land, there is not only loss of livelihood but also a growing dependency of women on men leading to