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We report the first direct observations of neutral, molecular gas streamingin the nucleus of NGC1068 on scales of <30 pc using SINFONI near-infraredintegral field spectroscopy. At a resolution of 0.075", the flux map of 2.12$\mu$m 1-0 S(1) molecular hydrogen emission around the nucleus in the centralarcsec reveals two prominent linear structures leading to the AGN from thenorth and south. The kinematics of the gas in these features are dominated bynon-circular motions and indicate that material is streaming towards thenucleus on highly elliptical or parabolic trajectories whose orientations arecompatible with that of the disk plane of the galaxy. We interpret the data asevidence for fueling of gas to the central region. The radial transport ratefrom ~30 pc to a few parsec from the nucleus is ~15 M$_\sun$ yr$^{-1}$. One ofthe infalling clouds lies directly in front of the central engine. We interpretit as a tidally disrupted streamer that forms the optically thick outerpart ofan amorphous clumpy molecular/dusty structure which contributes to the nuclearobscuration.

Molecular gas streamers feeding and obscuring the active nucleus of NGC1068