Native Hawaiians and many others are not in favor of the construction of one of the world's largest telescopes. Since the start, the billion-dollar project has been attracting opposition as protestors have affirmed that the site, where the telescope will be built, is a sacred one for them.

On June 24, Monday, a man was arrested after he blocked the way for construction workers who were going to the summit of Mauna Kea for the construction work of the Thirty Meter Telescope. On Wednesday again, native people protested the restart of construction.

Thirty Meter Telescope aims to be built on a northern plateau. It is a site, which is quite a favorite of astronomers as the site is well above clouds and provides a clear vision of the sky. There are a number of factors due to which the site is preferred for the construction of autonomic observational devices and those factors being positioning, high altitude and less of light pollution.

Henry Yang, chair of the TMT global Observatory Board said that construction crews were retreated from the site. "For the safety of our team, we made the decision to bring them off the mountain and we are planning to resume when the issue is resolved", he affirmed.

University of Hawaii manages the site. A number of scientific studies, public hearing and court meetings have happened and after that, approval was given to start the TMT construction in 2009. Yang said that it is better that the construction did not take place on Wednesday on Mauna Kea.

It is said that protestors will continue to camp on the mountain in order to ensure that work does not restart.