Jakarta, March 26 -- President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the acceleration of waste-to-energy (WTE) development in major Indonesian cities, aiming to tackle mounting waste and boost alternative energy supply, officials said on Wednesday.

Prabowo delivered the directive during a meeting with Investment and Downstreaming Minister Rosan Perkasa Roeslani and other cabinet members at his residence in Hambalang, Bogor, West Java.

Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said Roeslani briefed the president on progress of WTE initiatives, particularly in densely populated urban centers such as Jakarta, Tangerang, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Medan and Denpasar in Bali.

Wijaya said the program is expected to provide a strategic solution to Indone...