The Ministry of Environment and the Environmental Control Agency held an environmental education programme titled Get to Know the Environment Together with Young People (KELANA) Third Edition on Thursday, inviting 13 high school students from various schools in the Greater Jakarta area to conduct a field visit. Participants were shown the MRT Lebak Bulus Depot in South Jakarta and the underground construction area of the Phase Two MRT project at Monas Junction, Central Jakarta.
The field visit was designed to deepen young people's understanding of the importance of modern, low-emission and sustainable transportation as a concrete solution to address ecological crises and urban congestion. According to Romi Setiawan, Head of the Communication, Information, and Education Working Group of the Public Relations Bureau of the Ministry of Environment, the KELANA programme was designed so that young people could directly witness practical demonstrations of sustainable development practices in Indonesia.
Jakarta MRT operates as an environmentally friendly mass transportation system relying on overhead electrical power supply and a modern communication-based operating system that ensures energy efficiency and produces no direct exhaust emissions in urban corridors. Angga Satria Perdana, Head of Corporate Communication and Branding Department of PT MRT Jakarta, said that the MRT is a government cooperation project between Japan and Indonesia with good standards and quality in railway transportation management.
The KELANA programme also introduced the concept of Transit-Oriented Development applied by Jakarta MRT, including reducing environmental impacts through integration of mass public transport modes, improving quality of life with public green open spaces, and developing urban infrastructure resilient to disaster risks and climate change impacts. Programme participants were equipped with communication capacity to process their field experience into educational digital content to be shared with the wider public.
Indonesia's Environment Queen 2026, Victoria Titisari Kosasieputri, who also participated as a programme participant, emphasised the importance of concrete action by young people in responding to the threat of global climate change. Another participant, Sheikha Lana from State Senior High School 1 Depok, said that the programme enabled participants to share with their friends how young people can play a role in creating a cleaner and more sustainable Indonesia.
