CHITRAL: The residents on Friday alleged anomalies in the tenders issued for uplift projects in eight village councils of Chitral district and demanded canceling of the tenders and issuing fresh ones. The people complained that contract for various development projects in village councils had been awarded on personal like and dislike and caused huge losses to the government exchequer. They said that the self-proclaimed champion of bringing about transparency Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government failed to ensure process in issuance of tenders for development work. Addressing the district council a day earlier, District NazimMaghfirat Shah had also alleged anomalies in the development projects and expressed his deep concerns over the irregularities in the projects. He had said that the contractors were using substandard material in the uplift work and misappropriate up to 70 percent funds.