pune fire brigade personnel rescued three young animal lovers who were stranded under a bridge near the khadakwasla dam flood gates when the water rose dangerously they helped a puppy stuck on a rock under the bridgethe three men mehboob vijapurkar 20 ajay marathe 24 and sachin yadav 24 of warje had gone to the khadakwasla dam on sunday morningfire brigade officials told toi that the men heard the puppy yapping and found it stuck on a rock surrounded by water they stopped a passing tempo and borrowed a rope from its driver they tied one end of the rope to the bridges railings and got down to the rock where the puppy was stranded they tied the puppy to the rope and the tempo driver pulled it up meanwhile the dams discharge began and the water level rose rapidly the men found it difficult to climb back to the bridge using the rope tied to the railingthey called the fire brigade and a team from sinhagad road fire station arrived at the site firemen ganesh sasane shivaji atole vilas dhadshi and pramod maral used an action ladder to rescue the men in 10 minutes