AGARTALA, May 18 (TIWN): The spectacled monkey (chasma bandar) is facing extinction due to human encroachment in their habitat at Rowa wildlife sanctuary situated in Tripura’s northern part which is the home of the spectacled monkey.

According to sources, earlier, the wildlife Sanctuary sheltered nearly 40-50 bespectacled monkeys and presently the number has decreased to 10-15.

The sources further added that excessive cutting of trees forced the monkeys to flee from the sanctuary in search of their food and apart from the monkeys, the sanctuary has only nearly 8-10 poisonous snakes, the source added.

The Rowa Wildlife National Park, situated in the north of the district, can be approached from Panisagar and is adjacent to the National Highway. Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary in Tripura is a small wildlife sanctuary covering an area of 85'85 hectares and it is one of the few remains of the natural forests left. This National Park is easily accessible to the tourists from all around. Rowa Wildlife National Park provides plenty of scope for study by the botanists, ecologists, environmentalist and students of wildlife system.