NEW DELHI: Kiren Rijiju , union minister of state for home affairs, visited areas in Manipur that were affected by Monday's earthquake . Rijiju took stock of the ground situation and assessed the damage caused by the 6.7 magnitude quake which had its epicenter in Manipur's Tamenglong district.Rijiju, who is from Arunachal Pradesh, visited several areas in Manipur to examine the extent of the damage.Accompanied by Jitendra Singh, minister of state in Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Rijiju also met Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh.According to latest reports, as many as nine people lost their lives in the earthquake while another 100 were injured in Manipur alone.There has been large scale damage in Imphal with many houses reporting huge cracks. Walls of many building have also collapsed.Principal Secretary Suresh Babu told TOI that the government is assessing the situation and providing all help to the victims.Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that an NDRF team has been instructed to move from Guwahati to the areas affected by the earthquake. "Spoke to Rajnath ji, who is in Assam, on the situation arising due to the earthquake & asked him to oversee the situation," PM Modi tweeted.